Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency The British Army and Small War Strategy Since World War II

by Nolan, Victoria

• ISBN13: 9781848857742
• ISBN10: 1848857748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-15
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris

Summary

Victoria Nolan is a Coordination Assistant for the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex. She holds a PhD in War Studies from KCL and an MSc in Global Security from Cranfield University at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham. Between 1948 and 1960, the British army conducted three important counterinsurgency operations in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. During that time, military leaders inspired the evolution of a distinct organisational culture, known as 'small wars culture', which affected learning, discipline and attitudes towards leadership and fellow soldiers. Using a synthesis of organisational theory and archival research, this book explores how military leaders embedded and transmitted this particular military rganisational culture within the British army and provides an analysis of leaders¿ characteristics, their support networks and past experiences. This book will be of interest to ounterinsurgency specialists, the British Army and military historians and sociologists, as well as to serving military forces.

Author Biography

Victoria Nolan is a Coordination Assistant for the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex. She holds a PhD in War Studies from KCL and an MSc in Global Security from Cranfield University at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Legacy of Imperial Policing	p. 31
The Malayan Emergency, 1948-60	p. 81
Kenya and the Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-56	p. 137
The Cyprus Revolt, 1955-60	p. 167
Conclusion	p. 209
Timeline of Events	p. 227
A Note on Conventional Warfare Thinking!	p. 229
Notes	p. 231
Bibliography	p. 273
Index	p. 289
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