Resisting rebellion : the history and politics of counterinsurgency /

In Resisting Rebellion, Anthony James Joes explores insurgencies ranging across five continents and spanning more than two centuries. Analyzing examples from North and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, he identifies recurrent patterns and offers useful lessons for future policymake...

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Autore principale: Joes, Anthony James (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky ©2004.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt2jcdp8
Sommario:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Prologue: Guerrilla Insurgency as a Political Problem; 1. Guerrilla Strategy and Tactics; 2. Some Wellsprings of Insurgency; 3. Religion and Insurgency in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centures; 4. Religion and Insurgency in the Twentieth Century; 5. Foreign Involvement with Insurgency; 6. Establishing Civilian Security; 7. Loyalists: Indigenous Anti-Insurgency; 8. The Centrality of Intelligence; 9. The Requirement of Rectitude; 10. The Utility of Amnesty; 11. The Question of Sufficient Force Levels; 12. Deploying U.S. Troops in a Counterinsurgent Role.