Format:
XIII, 434 S.
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Ill., Kt.
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23 cm
ISBN:
9781107699847
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9781107027381
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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1. A 'happy combination of clemency with firmness': The small wars prologue 1. - 2. The road from Sedan 41. - 3. The paroxysms of imperial might in the shadow of the Great War 79. - 4. From Tipperary to Tel Aviv: British counterinsurgency in the World War II era 123. - 5. From small wars to La Guerre Subversive. The radicalization and collapse of French counterinsurgency 153. - 6. Vietnam, counterinsurgency, and the American way of war 201. - 7. 'A conspiracy of heroes' - revolution and counterinsurgency in Latin America 224. - 8. Building the 'most successful counterinsurgency school' - COIN as the British way of war 246. - 9. Britain's thirty years' war in Northern Ireland 268. - 10. Vietnam with a happy ending: Iraq and 'The Surge' 289
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A "happy combination of clemency with firmness." The small wars prologueThe road from Sedan -- The paroxysms of imperial might in the shadow of the Great war -- From Tipperary to Tel Aviv: British counterinsurgency in the shadow of World War II -- From small wars to la guerre subversive. The radicalization and collapse of French counterinsurgency -- Vietnam, counterinsurgency, and the American way of war -- "A conspiracy of heroes" - Revolution and counterinsurgency in Latin America -- Building the "most successful counter-insurgency school" - COIN as the British way of war -- Britain's thirty years' war in Northern Ireland -- Vietnam with a happy ending - Iraq and "the surge" -- Conclusion.
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A "happy combination of clemency with firmness." The small wars prologue -- The road from Sedan -- The paroxysms of imperial might in the shadow of the Great war -- From Tipperary to Tel Aviv: British counterinsurgency in the shadow of World War II -- From small wars to la guerre subversive. The radicalization and collapse of French counterinsurgency -- Vietnam, counterinsurgency, and the American way of war -- "A conspiracy of heroes" - Revolution and counterinsurgency in Latin America -- Building the "most successful counter-insurgency school" - COIN as the British way of war -- Britain's thirty years' war in Northern Ireland -- Vietnam with a happy ending - Iraq and "the surge" -- Conclusion.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Aufstand
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Bekämpfung
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Begrenzter Krieg
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Kriegführung
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Geschichte 1793-2010
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Kriegsgeschichtliches Beispiel
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/history/military-history/counterinsurgency-exposing-myths-new-way-war?format=PB
URL:
http://opac.nebis.ch/objects/pdf03/z01_978-1-107-69984-7_01.pdf
URL:
http://opac.nebis.ch/objects/pdf03/z01_978-1-107-69984-7_01.pdf
