Low Intensity Operations is an important, controversial and
prophetic book that has had a major influence on the conduct of
modern warfare. First published in 1971, it was the result of an
academic year Frank Kitson spent at University College, Oxford,
under the auspices of the Ministry of Defence, to write a paper on
the way in which the army should be prepared to deal with future
insurgency and peacekeeping operations.
In his foreword, General Sir Michael Carver wrote with
percipience 'The necessity for the integration of intelligence and
operations is his most important lesson and the one least
appreciated by the conventional soldier. Frank Kitson's great
virtue is that his above all a realist, in spite of being both an
idealist and enthusiast. The reader will not finding these pages a
purely academic theoretical exercise. He will, however, find
something stimulating and original suggestions about the tasks
which confront the Army in the field of ''low intensity
operations'' and about the methods which should be used both to
prepare for and execute them.'
For too long unavailable in the U. K. this ground-breaking work
is as pertinent now as it was when first published; one only has to
think of Afghanistan and Iraq to appreciate the sad truth of
that.
'To understand the nature of revolutionary warfare, one cannot
do better than read "Low Intensity Operations" . . . The author has
had unrivalled experience of such operations in many parts of the
world.' "Daily Telegraph"
'A highly practical analysis of subversion, insurgency and
peacekeeping operations . . . Frank Kitson's book is not merely
timely but important.' "The Economist"
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