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Coercion, Persuasion, And Reflexivity In Major Counterinsurgency Wars, Stephen M. Pampinella
Coercion, Persuasion, And Reflexivity In Major Counterinsurgency Wars, Stephen M. Pampinella
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This dissertation examines the effectiveness of different counterinsurgency practices of states in 47 conflicts from 1945-2010. After discussing contemporary theories of counterinsurgency, it traces these theories to realist and liberal traditions of international relations to demonstrate how propose specific relationships with the civilian population as a means of ending social conflict. To evaluate these theories, I perform a Boolean analysis of counterinsurgency practices to determine which combinations of realist and liberal factors leads to counterinsurgent victory. Overall, I find that pure realist and mixed combinations are most likely to lead to victory, while pure liberal combinations fail to produce victory. …