Title Wars from within : understanding and managing insurgent movements / Albrecht Schnabel, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Switzerland Rohan Gunaratna, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Published New York : Imperial College Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Imperial college press insurgency and terrorism series ; vol. 4 Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Challenge of Contemporary Insurgencies""; ""Understanding the New Face of Insurgency""; ""The post- 9/11 environment""; ""The threat of WMD use""; ""Consequences for the developing world""; ""The challenge for the West""; ""The limits of traditional approaches to defend against terrorism""; ""Learning from the Sri Lankan experience?""; ""Regional and Functional Changes of Insurgencies""; ""Mitigating the al-Qaeda Phenomenon""; ""Examining Contemporary Insurgencies""; ""NOTES"" ""Part One: Classification of Insurgencies""""Chapter 2 Ethnic Terrorism and Insurgencies""; ""Strategy of Attrition""; ""Tactical Themes""; ""Ethnonationalist Terrorism""; ""Global Ethnonationalist Terror Groups""; ""Ethnic Diasporas""; ""Ethnonationalist Conflicts: Flavours and Dimensions""; ""The Post- 9/11 Environment""; ""Appendix""; ""Militant ethnic groups in the 21st century""; ""NOTES""; ""Chapter 3 Religious Insurgencies""; ""The History of Religious Insurgency""; ""The Components of a Religious Insurgency""; ""The formation of ideology""; ""Leadership""; ""Time and space"" ""Tactics""""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""Chapter 4 Ideological Insurgencies""; ""The Current Status of Ideological Insurgencies""; ""Revolutionary Left-Wing Ideology and the Role of Violence""; ""Marxism: The foundation""; ""Violence in Marxism: The primacy of ambiguity""; ""Leninism: The influence of the practitioner""; ""Anarchist-communism and “ propaganda by the deedâ€?""; ""Trotskyism: The permanent revolution""; ""Maoism: Bringing revolution to the third world""; ""From Theory to Practice: Culture, Identity and Ideology""; ""Culture and ideological commitment"" ""Group dynamics and revolutionary struggle""""Implications and Conclusions""; ""NOTES""; ""Chapter 5 The Internet â€? A Force Multiplier for Modern Insurgencies""; ""Propaganda and Public Communications""; ""Recruitment""; ""Funding""; ""Internal Communications and C4I""; ""A New Safe-Haven""; ""Counter-Intelligence""; ""Regulation and Response""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""Part Two: Insurgencies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East: Experiences, Lessons and Recommendations""; ""Chapter 6 Insurgencies in the Balkans: Albanian Liberation Armies""; ""The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)"" ""Development of the insurgency movement""""NATO bombing""; ""Transformation of the KLA""; ""Liberation Army for PreÅ¡evo, MedveÄ?ja and Bujanovac (UCPMB)""; ""Evolution of the UCPMB""; ""The end of the UCPMB""; ""National Liberation Army (NLA)""; ""Development of the insurgency""; ""A European multiethnic Macedonia versus another Balkan scenario""; ""Conclusion""; ""NOTES""; ""Chapter 7 India â€? The Defeat of Religious Extremist Terror in Punjab""; ""Background""; ""The Roots of Terror""; ""The Surge of Terror""; ""The Ebb and Tide of Counter-Terrorism""; ""Conclusion""; ""Epilogue"" Summary Wars from Within brings together an international and multidisciplinary group of academics and practitioner-researchers specializing in the study of insurgent movements in order to provide a deeper understanding of the violent manifestations of insurgencies in different parts of the world. In doing so, the book adopts both a functional and regional approach. Firstly, thematic chapters discuss the typology of insurgencies (ethnopolitical, religious and ideological), past and potential responses to them, as well as the impact of advance communication technology on insurgent activity. The book then presents a series of case studies assessing the successes and failures of managing contemporary insurgencies. These are drawn from European, Asian and Middle Eastern insurgencies, as well as the global al-Qaeda network that typifies the post-9/11 challenge posed by internationally operating terrorist organizations. The case studies highlight factors and conditions that trigger, escalate, de-escalate and ultimately end insurgent campaigns. The book concludes with an assessment of how the international community at large has responded and should respond to insurgencies in the future Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Insurgency -- Case studies Social conflict -- Case studies HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. Insurgency Social conflict Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book ISBN 9781783265589 1783265582

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