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Author Corum, James S

Title Training indigenous forces in counterinsurgency : a tale of two insurgencies / James S. Corum
Published Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2006]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 54 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Case study Malaya -- Case study Cyprus -- Conclusion and recommendations
Summary The author examines the British experience in building and training indigenous police and military forces during the Malaya and Cyprus insurgencies. These two insurgencies provide a dramatic contrast to the issue of training local security forces. In Malaya, the British developed a very successful strategy for training the Malayan Police and army. In Cyprus, the British strategy for building and training local security forces generally was ineffective. The author argues that some important lessons can be drawn from these case studies that are directly applicable to current U.S. counterinsurgency doctrine
Notes Title from title screen (viewed May 24, 2006)
"March 2006."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-54)
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Subject Counterinsurgency -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Case studies
Counterinsurgency -- Cyprus -- Case studies
Counterinsurgency.
SUBJECT Malaya -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85080083
Cyprus -- History -- War for Union with Greece, 1955-1959. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004440
Subject Cyprus.
Malaya.
Genre/Form Case studies.
History.
Form Electronic book
Author Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.