Through history armies of occupation and civil power have been repeatedly faced with the challenges of insurgency. US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan has highlighted this form of conflict in the modern world. Armies, sometimes reluctantly, have had to adopt new doctrines and tactics to deal with the problems of insurgency and diverse counterinsurgency strategies have been developed. These have ranged from conventional military operations to a combination of military and political strategy including propaganda, Psy-Ops, and other approaches. In Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare 13 contributors examine developments in counterinsurgency from the early 20th century to the present. Each author, an expert in his field, discusses in depth the conduct and outcomes of operations across the globe, including the Arab-Israeli conflict, Afghanistan and Iraq, and draws out the lessons to be learned from them. This book is a timely, serious yet accessible survey of a critical facet of modern warfare and present-day global conflict.TOC1. British Aid to the Civil Power: Ireland 1916-21 to Palestine 1948 2. US Operations in the Philippines 1898-1948 3. The Banana Wars 4. German Partisan Operations 1939-45 5. French Operations from Indo-China to Algeria: 1945-63 6. British COIN in Malaya 1948-60 7. US Operations in Vietnam 8. British Operations in Aden9. British Operations in Northern Ireland 10. The Rhodesian Experience11. Israeli Operations 12. Operations in Afghanistan 13. US and British Operations in Iraq
Author(s): Daniel Marston, Carter Malkasian
Series: Companion
Edition: 1St Edition
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 304
Half Title......Page 3
Imprint......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 8
Introduction......Page 13
In Aid of the Civil Power......Page 19
Counterinsurgency in the Philippines 1898-1954......Page 37
The First of the Banana Wars......Page 55
Few Carrots and a Lot of Sticks......Page 70
French Imperial Warfare 1945-62......Page 91
From Search and Destroy to Hearts and Minds......Page 113
Counterinsurgency in Vietnam......Page 131
Red Wolves and British Lions......Page 149
Britain's Longest War......Page 167
Countering the Chimurenga......Page 185
The Israel Defense Forces and the Al-Aqsa Intifada......Page 203
Lessons in 21st-Century Counterinsurgency......Page 220
Counterinsurgency in Iraq......Page 241
Endnotes......Page 260
Bibliography......Page 287
Index......Page 296