Title The counter-insurgency myth : the British experience of irregular warfare / Andrew Mumford

Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012

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Description xi, 201 pages ; 24 cm Series Cass military studies ; 45 Cass military studies ; 45 Contents Evaluating the British approach to counter-insurgency since 1948 -- The blueprint : Malaya, 1948-60 -- The transfer : Kenya, 1952-60 -- The turning point : Aden & South Arabia, 1962-67 -- The nadir : Northern Ireland, 1969-1979 -- The culmination? : Iraq, 2003-2009 -- Puncturing the counter-insurgency myth : Britain and irregular warfare in the past, present and future Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Counterinsurgency -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Counterinsurgency -- Case studies. Iraq War, 2003-2011. SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056842 United Kingdom -- Colonies -- Defenses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056638 Malaysia -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080083 Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007004 Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1962-1972. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006000515 Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092558 Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 2011007281 ISBN 9780415667456 (hardback) 0415667453 (hardback)

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