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Evolution of the Iraqi insurgency: from conventional to Partisan warfare during Operation Iraqi freedom -- Origins and motives of the insurgency -- The insurgents' way of warfare -- Contending national identities: the Kurds and Shi'a Arabs -- Ideology, politics and failure to execute: the US counter-insurgency campaign -- Whither Iraq?

When originally published in 1985 this volume was the first scholarly and objective contribution available on Rhodesian counter-insurgency. It documents and explains why Rhodesia lost the war. The origins of the conflict are reviewed; each chapter examines a separate institution or counter-insurgency strategy directly related to the development of the conflict, concluding with a summary view of the Rhodesian security situation both past and present.

This book seeks to answer the "why" and "how" questions about the insurgency of the PKK, a militant left-wing group of Turkey's Kurds, in Turkey. The PKK has been inter-locked in an intermittent war against Turkey since 1984 in the name of Kurdish nationalism. The author combines insights of Strategy and IR - from strategy and tactics in irregular warfare to peace negotiations between state authorities and insurgents, with data from qualitative research, to achieve two inter-related objectives: first, assess the current state of affairs and predict the future course of the conflict and, secondly, draw general conclusions on how protracted conflicts can end and how

"This study argues that guerrilla insurgencies will be a major feature of the post-Cold War international scene, and that the advisability of intervention in some of them will become a serious issue in American politics. Americans therefore need to refine their understanding of insurgency. Anthony James Joes analyzes several major insurgencies of this century, all of which the United States became involved in to one degree or another. While approaching each guerrilla insurgency as a primarily political phenomenon within a definite historical and cultural context, Joes also provides the reader with a clear understanding of the military aspects of such conflicts. The book deals with a variety of cases, some currently very controversial; provides jargon-free analysis of historical, political, and military factors; challenges some widely cherished views about the potency of third-world nationalism; emphasizes the neglected but often decisive effects of geography; examines the flaws in both the French and the American strategies in Viet Nam; and connects Soviet reverses in Afghanistan with the collapse of their empire in Europe. A major conclusion is that protracted guerrilla insurgency is usually the result of inept government policies; the author outlines a politico-military strategy for bringing an insurgency to an end. Another important conclusion is that our belief in the power of nationalism in insurgencies needs reevaluation. This volume will provide a new perspective for students, teachers, and general readers interested in international affairs, war, and foreign policy."--

The central proposition of this book is that global changes have altered the nature of insurgency by weakening some governments and empowering the forces that seek to overthrow them. The book identifies four distinct categories of insurgent force, and concludes that globalisation of insurgency leads inexorably to the globalisation of counter-insurgency.

From 2003 to 2008, the Sunni Arab insurgency in Iraq posed a key challenge to political stability in the country and to Coalition objectives there. This paper explains the onset, composition and evolution of this insurgency. It begins by addressing both its immediate and deeper sociopolitical origins, and goes on to examine the multiple ideological strands within the insurgency and their often conflicting methods and goals. Despite organisational incoherence due to the existence of a large number of competing groups, the insurgency in Iraq sustained a particularly high tempo of operations between 2004 and 2006, causing considerable military and civilian casualties. Some insurgent groups focused on attempting to foment civil war between two of Iraq's major communities, the Sunni and Shia Arabs and, by late 2006, they had come close to unraveling Iraq and presenting the Coalition with a major defeat. The adoption of a new approach by the US in 2007 helped reduce the level of violence in Iraq. In addition, deep fissures within the insurgency itself, between those fighting for more practical, immediate goals and the transnational Islamists and their local allies fighting for wider-reaching goals -- including the promotion of sectarian strife -- contributed to the insurgency's diminution. It remains to be seen whether there will be a widespread recognition among Sunni Iraqis of the need to work with the Coalition to facilitate their community's reintegration into the new Iraqi body politic.

This study argues that guerrilla insurgencies will be a major feature of the post-Cold War international scene, and that the advisability of intervention in some of them will become a serious issue in American politics. Americans therefore need to refine their understanding of insurgency. Anthony James Joes analyzes several major insurgencies of this century, all of which the United States became involved in to one degree or another. While approaching each guerrilla insurgency as a primarily political phenomenon within a definite historical and cultural context, Joes also provides the reader w

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Contributors -- 1. Insurgency: A Framework for Analysis -- 2. The Irish Republican Army and Northern Ireland -- 3. People's War in Thailand -- 4. The Guatemalan Insurrection -- 5. Urban Terrorism in Uruguay: The Tupamaros -- 6. Iraq: The Kurdish Rebellion -- 7. Revolutionary War in Oman -- 8. Armed Struggle in Angola -- 9. Summary and Conclusions -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

chapter 1. Conceptualizing counterterrorism / Olivier Lewis -- chapter 2. The socially constructed insurgency : using social movement theory as a framework for analyzing insurgencies / Shane Drennan -- chapter 3. The crime-terror-insurgency nexus : implications for global security / Daniela Irrera -- chapter 4. Ideological motivations of Arab foreign fighters as insurgents and terrorists: from 1980s Afghanistan to the Syrian insurgency / Roger P. Warren -- chapter 5. Al-Qaeda : through the lens of global insurgency / Michael F. Morris -- chapter 6. The threat of terrorism to critical infrastructure : TEN-R and the global Salafi Jihad / Colin Maclachlan -- chapter 7. The power to hurt indirectly : deterrence of violent nonstate organizations by threats of domestic-political costs / Oren Magen -- chapter 8. Latent insurgency : is the threat of militant Islamist groups in Indonesia diminishing? / Paul J. Carnegie -- chapter 9. Mali's rebels : making sense of the national movement for the liberation of Azawad insurgency / Stewart Tristan Webb -- chapter 10. Crossroads : tracing the historical roots of modern insurgency in the Caucasus / Chris Murray -- chapter 11. Lashkar-e-Taiba : regional insurgent group or emerging international threat? / Stewart Tristan Webb -- chapter 12. The Haqqani network threat : keeping insurgency in the family / Scott Nicholas Romaniuk and Stewart Tristan Webb -- chapter 13. Manchuria : the cockpit of insurgent empire : a historical perspective from the Khitan Liao to the People's Republic of China / Christopher Mott -- chapter 14. From David to Goliath : Chinese pacification and counterinsurgency operations in modern wars / Francis Grice -- chapter 15. The father-to-son war : Burma's Karen nationalist insurgency / Scott Nicholas Romaniuk -- chapter 16. An assessment of the United Nations counterterrorism initiatives : 2001-2015 / Emeka Thaddues Njoku -- chapter 17. Insurgencies, civil wars, and international support : reassessing evidence of moral hazard from the Balkans / Marinko Bobic.