Understanding Counterinsurgency: Doctrine, operations, and challenges

by Rid; Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780415777643
• ISBN10: 041577764X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare.Featuring essays by some of the world's leading experts on unconventional conflict, both scholars and practitioners, the book discusses how modern regular armed forces react, and should react, to irregular warfare. The volume is divided into three main sections: Doctrinal Origins: analysing the intellectual and historical roots of modern Western theory and practice Operational Aspects: examining the specific role of various military services in counterinsurgency, but also special forces, intelligence, and local security forces Challenges: looking at wider issues, such as governance, culture, ethics, civil-military cooperation, information operations, and time.Understanding Counterinsurgency Warfare is the first comprehensive textbook on counterinsurgency, and will be essential reading for all students of small wars, counterinsurgency and counterterrorism, strategic studies and security studies, both in graduate and undergraduate courses as well as in professional military schools.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. x
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Understanding counterinsurgency	p. 1
Doctrine	p. 9
France	p. 11
Britain	p. 28
Germany	p. 46
United States	p. 59
Operational aspects	p. 73
Army	p. 75
Marine Corps	p. 87
Airpower	p. 100
Naval support	p. 114
Special forces	p. 128
Intelligence	p. 141
Local security forces	p. 160
Challenges	p. 171
Governance	p. 173
Culture	p. 189
Ethics	p. 205
Information operations	p. 216
Civil-military integration	p. 230
Time	p. 242
Counterinsurgency in context	p. 255
Suggested further reading	p. 261
Index	p. 267
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