By their nature, democracies clearly have greater constraints than autocratic regimes on their freedom of action as they have to meet constitutional, legal and moral criteria in their use of force. This collection analyses a number of case studies showing how democracies have won small wars.
Author(s): Efraim Inbar
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 225
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Notes on Contributors......Page 8
Introduction......Page 9
Part I Democracies and Small Wars in Comparative Perspective......Page 16
1 Western Democracies in Low Intensity Conflict: Some Postmodern Aspects......Page 17
The Systemic Level......Page 18
The Unit Level......Page 22
CAN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES CONDUCT LICs MORALLY, EFFECTIVELY, AND AT LESS COST?......Page 23
Waging Post-Heroic Wars......Page 24
The False Promise of ‘Soft Power’......Page 27
CONCLUSION......Page 28
NOTES......Page 29
2 Why do they Quarrel? Civil–Military Tensions in LIC Situations......Page 35
THE APPEARANCE OF LICs......Page 39
THE PROTRACTED NATURE OF LICs......Page 42
The Operational Dimension of Protracted Conflict......Page 43
The Societal Dimension of Protracted Conflict......Page 44
THE ‘FUZZY’ NATURE OF LIC OPERATIONS......Page 46
NOTES......Page 49
DEMOCRACY’S VULNERABILITIES IN SMALL WARS......Page 55
The Time Element......Page 56
Uncertainty......Page 57
Exploitation of Domestic Politics......Page 59
The Insurgents’ PSYOP......Page 60
Delegitimizing the Leadership......Page 61
Dissemination......Page 62
Change of Attitude to PSYOP......Page 63
Creating the Organizational Response......Page 64
NOTES......Page 65
REGIME TYPE AND CONFLICT......Page 68
PREDICTIONS REGARDING THE POST-COLD WAR ERA......Page 69
METHODOLOGY......Page 71
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION......Page 73
CONCLUSIONS......Page 78
NOTES......Page 80
Part II Case Studies......Page 85
5 The American Way of War in the Twenty-first Century......Page 86
THE STRATEGIC LEVEL OF WAR......Page 87
THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL OF WAR......Page 90
THE TACTICAL LEVEL OF WAR......Page 91
THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR AND THE FUTURE......Page 94
NOTES......Page 95
6 The Indian Way in Counterinsurgency......Page 97
WHAT CONSTITUTES LIC FOR INDIA?......Page 98
BACKGROUND TO THE INSURGENCIES......Page 99
THE INDIAN APPROACH TO COUNTERING INSURGENCIES......Page 101
Application of Military Force......Page 102
Non-Military Measures......Page 104
CURRENT STATUS OF THE INSURGENCIES......Page 107
NOTES......Page 108
7 Winning a Low Intensity Conflict: Drawing Lessons from the Turkish Case......Page 114
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 117
THE PKK’S EARLY YEARS......Page 118
Turkish Miscalculations: Late 1970s-1985......Page 119
1985–90: A Strengthened PKK......Page 121
1991–92: A Gradual Turn of the Tide......Page 123
1993–95: Turkey Gains the Upper Hand......Page 126
1996–98: Winning the Military Conflict......Page 127
CONCLUSION......Page 129
NOTES......Page 130
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 134
THE FIRST ROUND OF THE GREEK CIVIL WAR......Page 136
THE SECOND ROUND......Page 138
THE THIRD ROUND OF THE GREEK CIVIL WAR......Page 141
CONCLUSION......Page 144
NOTES......Page 146
9 Fatal Choices: Israel’s Policy of Targeted Killing......Page 150
DEFINITION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 151
Targeted Killings During the Second Intifada......Page 153
HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE POLICY OF TARGETED KILLING?......Page 154
The Limited Effectiveness of Targeted Killing......Page 156
NORMATIVE AND LEGAL ISSUES......Page 159
Law and Targeted Killing......Page 160
THE ADVANTAGES OF TARGETED KILLINGS......Page 162
CONCLUSION......Page 166
NOTES......Page 167
10 Exploiting Democracy: The IRA’s Tactical Cease-Fire......Page 170
DEMOCRACY’S INROADS......Page 171
DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION AS A REVOLUTIONARY TACTIC......Page 172
SINN FEIN’S OTHER THREE POLITICAL FRONTS......Page 175
NORTHERN IRELAND IN A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE......Page 177
NOTES......Page 179
11 Between Bullets and Ballots: The Palestinians and Israeli Democracy......Page 181
1964–74: BULLETS NOT BALLOTS......Page 182
THE BALLOTS PARADIGM......Page 184
The 1992 Elections: Disengagement as Involvement......Page 186
Assessing the Ballot Strategy......Page 187
BACK TO BULLETS: THE TUNNEL INCIDENT THROUGH CONFLICT 2000......Page 188
CONCLUSION......Page 192
NOTES......Page 193
Abstracts......Page 197
Index......Page 202
