Understanding Counterinsurgency: Doctrine, operations, and challenges Contributor(s): Rid, Thomas (Editor), Keaney, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415777658 ISBN-13: 9780415777650 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | Political Freedom |
Dewey: 355.021 |
LCCN: 2009044225 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.8" W x 9.5" (1.10 lbs) 280 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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:
Understanding Counterinsurgency 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. |