The political impossibility of modern counterinsurgency : strategic problems, puzzles, and paradoxes /

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"The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It assumes future wars will unfold as "low intensity" conflicts within rather than between states, requiring specialized military training and techniques. COIN is...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Smith, M. L. R. (Michael Lawrence Rowan), 1963- (Author), Jones, David Martin, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Series:Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Counterinsurgency > History > 21st century.
Terrorism > History > 21st century.
Contre-rébellion > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Terrorisme > Histoire > 21e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Afghan War (2001- )
Counterinsurgency.
Terrorism.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • What is counterinsurgency mean to counter? The puzzle of insurgency
  • Counterinsurgency and strategy: problems and paradoxes
  • Counterinsurgency and the ideology of modernization
  • The paradoxes of counterinsurgency and globalization
  • The illusion of tradition: myths and paradoxes of British counterinsurgency
  • The puzzle of counterinsurgency and escalation.

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