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Puncturing The Counterinsurgency Myth: Britain And Irregular Warfare In The Past, Present, And Future, Andrew Mumford Dr.
Puncturing The Counterinsurgency Myth: Britain And Irregular Warfare In The Past, Present, And Future, Andrew Mumford Dr.
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This monograph holds that an aura of mythology has surrounded conventional academic and military perceptions of British performance in the realm of irregular warfare. It identifies 10 myths regarding British counterinsurgency performance and seeks to puncture them by critically assessing the efficacy of the British way of counterinsurgency from the much-vaunted, yet over-hyped, Malayan Emergency to the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq in 2009. It challenges perceptions of the British military as an effective learning institution when it comes to irregular warfare and critically assesses traditional British counterinsurgency strategic maxims regarding hearts and minds and minimum force.
The Military's Role In Counterterrorism: Examples And Implications For Liberal Democracies, Geraint Hughes Dr.
The Military's Role In Counterterrorism: Examples And Implications For Liberal Democracies, Geraint Hughes Dr.
Monographs, Collaborative Studies, & IRPs
The author examines historical and contemporary examples of military involvement in counterterrorism, outlining the specific roles which the armed forces of liberal democracies have performed in combating terrorism, both in a domestic and international context. He describes the political, strategic, conceptual, diplomatic, and ethical problems that can arise when a state’s armed forces become engaged in counterterrorism, and argues that military power can only be employed as part of a coordinated counterterrorist strategy aimed at the containment and frustration, rather than the physical elimination, of the terrorist group(s) concerned.