Why Allies Rebel - Defiant Local Partners in Counterinsurgency Wars

Analysing policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners. Revealing a critical political dynamic in military interventions, this book will appeal to academics and policymakers addressing counterinsurgency issues in foreign policy, security studies and political science.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. Why local allies defy or comply with requests from intervening allies; 3. Methodology: wars, documents and data; 4. The US in Iraq; 5. The US in Afghanistan; 6. The US in Vietnam; 7. India in Sri Lanka; 8. The USSR in Afghanistan; 9. When small states intervene; 10. Conclusion.

Info autore

Barbara Elias is Assistant Professor of Government at Bowdoin College, Maine specializing in international relations, counterinsurgency warfare, national security, Islam and politics and US foreign policy. She was the Director of the Afghanistan/Pakistan/Taliban Documentation Project at The National Security Archive in Washington DC.

Riassunto

Analysing policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners. Revealing a critical political dynamic in military interventions, this book will appeal to academics and policymakers addressing counterinsurgency issues in foreign policy, security studies and political science.

Prefazione

Analysing thousands of policy documents from nine counterinsurgency wars, Elias asks why powerful militaries have difficulty managing local partners.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barbara Elias
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781108748063
• ISBN: 978-1-108-74806-3
• Dimensioni: 151 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 510 g
• Illustrazioni: 15 b/w illus. 27 tables, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss, Worked examples or Exercises
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Military history: post WW2 conflicts, International Relations, International humanitarian law, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Public international law: humanitarian law