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The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency: Strategic Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes - Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Smith, M.L.R. (King's College London)
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The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency: Strategic Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes - Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
Smith, M.L.R. (King's College London)
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: Concise, impeccably well structured and penetrating, this book provides the most insightful analysis yet of the theoretical underpinnings of insurgency warfare, and what this means for contemporary armed conflict.--Huw Bennett, Aberystwyth UniversityBiographical Note: M. L. R. Smith is professor of strategic theory in the Department of War Studies at King's College, University of London. Among his publications are "Fighting for Ireland? The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement" and "The Strategy of Terrorism: How It Works and Why It Fails."David Martin Jones is associate professor in the School of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. His publications include "Political Development in Pacific Asia," "The Image of China in Western Social and Political Thought," and, with M. L. R. Smith, " ASEAN and East Asian International Relations: Regional Delusion and Sacred Violence: Political Religion in a Secular Age."Table of Contents: AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. What Is Counterinsurgency Meant to Counter? The Puzzle of Insurgency2. Counterinsurgency and Strategy: Problems and Paradoxes3. Counterinsurgency and the Ideology of Modernization4. The Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency and Globalization5. The Illusion of Tradition: Myths and Paradoxes of British Counterinsurgency6. The Puzzle of Counterinsurgency and EscalationConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex Contributor Bio: Smith, M L R Andrew Dorman is Lecturer in Defence Studies, Joint Services Command and Staff College. M. L. R. Smith is Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King's College, London. Matthew Uttley is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies, Joint Services and Command Staff College. Contributor Bio: Jones, David Martin Jones of the University of Tasmania
| Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
| Lançado | 19 de maio de 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231170000 |
| Editoras | Columbia University Press |
| Gênero | Chronological Period > 21st Century |
| Páginas | 272 |
| Dimensões | 164 × 238 × 26 mm · 538 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |
