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Book Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency

Download or read book Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency written by Russell W. Glenn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically examines the Western approach to counter-insurgency in the post-colonial era and offers a series of recommendations to address current shortfalls. The author argues that current approaches to countering insurgency rely too heavily on conflicts from the post-World War II years of waning colonialism. Campaigns conducted over half a century ago – Malaya, Aden, and Kenya among them – remain primary sources on which the United States, British, Australian, and other militaries build their guidance for dealing with insurgent threats, this though both the character of those threats and the conflict environment are significantly different than was the case in those earlier years. This book addresses the resulting inconsistencies by offering insights, analysis, and recommendations drawn from campaigns more applicable to counter-insurgency today. Eight post-colonial conflicts; to include Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Colombia and Iraq; provide the basis for analysis. All are examples in which counterinsurgents attained or continue to demonstrate considerable progress when taking on enterprises better known for disaster and disappointment. Recommendations resulting from these analyses challenge entrenched beliefs to serve as the impetus for essential change. Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency will be of much interest to students of counter-insurgencies, military and strategic studies, security studies and IR in general.

Book Area Handbook Series

Download or read book Area Handbook Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World

Download or read book Crisis in Sri Lanka and the World written by Asoka Bandarage and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a broad picture of Sri Lanka’s on-going political and economic crisis as the culmination of several centuries of colonial and neo-colonial developments. The book presents the Sri Lankan crisis as an exemplification of a broader global existential crisis facing more and more debt trapped countries, especially in the post-colonial Global South. The book's in-depth case study raises important questions pertaining to sovereignty and political and economic democracy in Sri Lanka and the world at large. The book also explores the emergence of the crisis in the context of the accelerating geopolitical conflict between China and the USA in the Indian Ocean. It ponders if the debt crisis, economic collapse and political destabilization in Sri Lanka were intentionally precipitated to the advantage of the Quadrilateral Alliance (USA, India, Australia and Japan). Moving beyond geopolitical rivalry, the book juxtaposes Sri Lanka’s political-economic crisis with the broader ecological crisis of climate change and sea-level rise. The book concludes with a consideration of the ethical dilemmas behind the debt and survival crisis in Sri Lanka and across the world. It points out a range of social movements and initiatives in Sri Lanka and the Global South which subscribe to collective and ecological alternatives and a Middle Path of sustainability and social justice.

Book Nicaragua

    Book Details:
  • Author : James D. Rudolph
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Nicaragua written by James D. Rudolph and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to treat in a compact and objective manner the dominant social, political, economic, and national security aspects of contemporary Nicaraguan society.

Book Economy  Culture  and Civil War in Sri Lanka

Download or read book Economy Culture and Civil War in Sri Lanka written by Deborah Winslow and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Will be of interest to those working on conflict and peace studies, economic development, cultural studies, and women in the modern world. A key new publication." --Chandra R. de Silva, Old Dominion University ..". offers a superb overview of how a civil war, driven by ethnicity, can engender a new culture and a new political economy... Highly recommended." -- Choice Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka provides a lucid and up-to-date interpretation of Sri Lankan society and its 20-year civil conflict. An interdisciplinary examination of the relationship between the economy, broadly defined, and the reproduction of violent conflict, this volume argues that the war is grounded not just in the goals and intentions of the opposing sides, but also in the everyday orientations, experiences, and material practices of all Sri Lankan people. The contributors explore changing political and policy contexts; the effect of long-term conflict on employment opportunities and life choices for rural and urban youth; life histories, memory, and narratives of violence; the "economics of enlisting" and individual decisions about involvement in the war; and nationalism and the moral debate triggered by women's employment in the international garment manufacturing industry. Contributors are Francesca Bremner, Michele Ruth Gamburd, Newton Gunasinghe, Siri T. Hettige, Caitrin Lynch, John M. Richardson, Jr., Amita Shastri, Deborah Winslow, and Michael D. Woost.

Book International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law

Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law written by K. Zweigert and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Sales rights in German-speaking countries, Eastern Europe, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, South and Central America

Book U S  Government Books

Download or read book U S Government Books written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Struggle for Egypt

    Book Details:
  • Author : Steven A. Cook
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2013-03-21
  • ISBN : 0199931771
  • Pages : 433 pages

Download or read book The Struggle for Egypt written by Steven A. Cook and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A half century ago, Egypt under nasser became the putative leader of the Arab world and a beacon for developing nations. Yet in the decades prior to the 2011 revolution, it was ruled over by a sclerotic regime plagued by nepotism and corruption. During that time, its economy declined into near shambles, a severely overpopulated Cairo fell into disrepair, and it produced scores of violent Islamic extremists ... In The struggle for Egypt, now with a new epilogue on the post-Mubarak era, noted regional specialist Steven A. Cook provides a sweeping and incisive account of how this parlous state of affairs came to be, why the revolution occurred, and where Egypt might be headed next." -- From p. 4 of cover.

Book Monthly Catalogue  United States Public Documents

Download or read book Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1986-05 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jamaica Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Download or read book Jamaica Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamaica Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Book China Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Download or read book China Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP, Inc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Book Singapore Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Download or read book Singapore Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP, Inc. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments - Everything you need to know about the country - Geography, history, politics, economy, business, etc.

Book Myanmar Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Download or read book Myanmar Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP, Inc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myanmar Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Book Ukraine Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Download or read book Ukraine Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ukraine Country Study Guide - Strategic Informtion and Developments Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Book Djibouti Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Download or read book Djibouti Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Djibouti Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments

Book Pakistan Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments

Download or read book Pakistan Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP, Inc and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pakistan Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments