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At the end of military intervention : historical, theoretical and applied approaches to transition, handover and withdrawal /

No modern intervention is intended to endure indefinitely; indeed some fashion of exit is always envisioned from the outset. This commitment to an exit is normally informed by an exit strategy. Whilst strategies of closure have been scrutinised recently, not least in light of charges of defective in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Johnson, Robert (Editor ), Clack, Timothy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ""Cover""; ""At the End of Military Intervention: Historical, Theoretical, and Applied Approaches to Transition, Handover, and Withdrawal""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of figures""; ""List of tables""; ""List of contributors""; ""Introduction: Principles, Themes, and Problems in Transitions""; ""Purpose and scope of this volume""; ""History and theory: insight and understanding""; ""Transitions at the end of empire""; ""The ending of the campaign in Iraq, 2004â€?11""; ""Implications for Afghanistanâ€?s long-term stability""
  • ""Approaches to transition in Afghanistan""""Tactical transition""; ""References""; ""Part I: Historical and theoretical exits""; ""1. Transition and the end of empire""; ""References""; ""2. Tropical transitions in colonial counter-insurgency: From Malayan Emergency to post-colonial partnership""; ""Introduction""; ""Campaign phases and transitioning""; ""Terror and counter-terror of 1948â€?49""; ""Population Control of 1950â€?52This period began with incidents soaring""; ""POPULATION MOVEMENT AND SPATIAL CONTROL""; ""OPERATIONAL CONTROL""; ""MILITARY FRAMEWORK""; ""STRIKE FORCES""
  • ""MNLA DOWNSIZING OF UNITS AND CHANGE OF OPERATIONAL EMPHASIS""""MCP STRENGTHENING OF POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS""; ""Mopping up, peacemaking, and normalization 1955â€?60""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""3. Transitions: Britainâ€?s decolonization of India and Pakistan""; ""References""; ""4. Exit from empire: Counter-insurgency and decolonization in Kenya, 1952â€?1963""; ""Winning the war, 1952â€?1956""; ""Reactions to rebellion""; ""Militarization and the civil administration""; ""Indiscipline and the â€?rule of fearâ€?""; ""â€?Screeningâ€? and detention without trial""
  • ""Imposing the peace, 1956â€?1959""""Rewarding allies: a victorâ€?s peace""; ""The keys to the kingdom: power politics""; ""Rehabilitation and release""; ""The ticking clock, 1959â€?1963""; ""Implications""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""5. â€?A graveyard for the Britishâ€?? Tactics, military operations, and the paucity of strategy in Aden, 1964â€?1967""; ""Introduction: Aden, 1967""; ""From colonization to Arabization: the paucity of strategy?""; ""The failure of Arabization?""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""
  • ""6. Transitioning in and out of COIN: Efficiency, legitimacy, and power in Oman""""Introduction: a unique but encouraging case""; ""Historical background""; ""Transition into COIN: parsimony and caution""; ""COIN progress and drawdown""; ""Statebuilding: efficiency, legitimacy and power""; ""Withdrawal or realignment: post-transition continuities""; ""Conclusion and lessons""; ""References""; ""7. Vanishing act: Britainâ€?s abandonment of Arabia and retreat from the Gulf""; ""Introduction""; ""The scuttle: the abandonment of Aden""; ""The double-cross: the retreat from the Gulf""