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The Counter-Insurgency Myth - The British Experience of Irregular Warfare (Paperback)
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The Counter-Insurgency Myth - The British Experience of Irregular Warfare (Paperback)
Series: Cass Military Studies
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This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency
warfare through the prism of British military experiences in the
post-war era and endeavours to unpack their performance. During the
twentieth century counter-insurgency assumed the status of one of
the British military's fortes. A wealth of asymmetric warfare
experience was accumulated after the Second World War as the small
wars of decolonisation offered the army of a fading imperial power
many opportunities to deploy against an irregular enemy. However,
this quantity of experience does not translate into quality. This
book argues that the British, far from being exemplars of
counter-insurgency, have in fact consistently proved to be slow
learners in counter-insurgency warfare. This book presents an
analysis of the most significant British counter-insurgency
campaigns of the past 60 years: Malaya (1948-60), Kenya (1952-60),
South Arabia (1962-67), the first decade of the Northern Irish
'Troubles' (1969-79), and the recent British counter-insurgency
campaign in southern Iraq (2003-09). Colonial history is used to
contextualise the contemporary performance in Iraq and undermine
the commonly held confidence in British counter-insurgency.
Blending historical research with critical analysis, this book
seeks to establish a new paradigm through which to interpret and
analyse the British approach to counter-insurgency, as well as
considering the mythology of inherent British competence in the
realm of irregular warfare. It will be of interest to students of
counter-insurgency, military history, strategic studies, security
studies, and IR in general.
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