Counterinsurgency Wars and the Anglo-American Alliance : The Special Relationship on the Rocks /

Andrew Mumford challenges the notion of an actual US-UK "special relationship," the most vaunted, and Mumford says, exaggerated of diplomatic associations in the post-1945 era. This book combines for the first time an analysis of US-UK interaction during major counterinsurgency campaigns s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mumford, Andrew, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Military co-operation.
Counterinsurgency.
United States of America.
Great Britain.
Counterinsurgency > Great Britain.
Counterinsurgency > United States.
Military relations.
Contre-rebellion > Grande-Bretagne.
Contre-rebellion > États-Unis.
Great Britain > Military relations > United States.
United States > Military relations > Great Britain.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations militaires > Grande-Bretagne.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the origins, meaning, and dynamics of the "special relationship"
  • Empires, old and new : the politics of counterinsurgency
  • Anglo-American military culture and counterinsurgency
  • The changing of the guard in the post-war world : counterinsurgency in Palestine and the creation of Israel
  • The Malayan emergency and America's Asian Cold War
  • Mayhem in the Mediterranean : counter-insurgency in Cyprus
  • Middle Eastern 'winds of change' : counterinsurgency in South Arabia
  • The counterinsurgency phoenix : Britain and America's war in Vietnam
  • The old country : America and the Northern Irish 'troubles'
  • 'Shoulder to shoulder' in the war in Iraq
  • Into the hornet's nest : the 'special relationship' during the 'long war' in Afghanistan
  • Conclusion : the asymmetric alliance : Anglo-American relations then and now.

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