The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency: Strategic Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes
(Part of the Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Series and Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Series)
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The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It assumes future wars will unfold as "low intensity" conflicts within rather than between states, requiring specialized military training and techniques. COIN is understood as a logical, effective, and democratically palatable method for confronting insurgency--a discrete set of practices that, through the actions of knowledgeable...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231170009
ISBN13:9780231170000
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.24 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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