Full Description
A collection of original works covering all aspects of insurgency and counterinsurgency through a multinational lens, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Modern War addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other prominent counterinsurgency actors in the contemporary world. It addresses the need to look beyond the United States and other preeminent counterinsurgency actors in the contemporary world while reassessing some of the latent and burgeoning insurgent organizations and networks around the globe. It also suggests alternative approaches to understanding insurgency, counterinsurgency, and conventional and asymmetric warfare as they relate to insurgency and counterinsurgency.
Contents
Conceptualizing Counterterrorism and Explaining the Terrorism Phenomenon. The Socially Constructed Insurgency: Using Social Movement Theory as a Framework for Analyzing Insurgencies. The Crime-Terror-Insurgency "Nexus": Implications for Global Security. Ideological Motivations of Arab Foreign Fighters as Insurgents and Terrorists: From 1980s Afghanistan to the Syrian Insurgency. Al-Qaeda: Through the Lens of Global Insurgency. The Threat of Terrorism to Critical Infrastructure: TEN-R and the Global Salafi Jihad. The Power to Hurt Indirectly: Deterrence of Violent Nonstate Organizations by Threats of Domestic-Political Costs. Latent Insurgency: In the Threat of Militant Islamist Groups in Indonesia Diminishing? Mali's Rebels: Making Sense of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad Insurgency. Crossroads: Tracing the Historical Roots of Modern Insurgency in the Caucasus. Lashkar-e-Taiba: Regional Insurgent Group or Emerging International Threat? The Haqqani Network Threat: Keeping Insurgency in the Family. Manchuria—The Cockpit of Insurgent Empire: A Historical Perspective from the Khitan Liao to the People's Republic of China. From David to Goliath: Chinese Pacification and Counterinsurgency Operations in Modern Wars. The "Father-to-Son" War: Burma's Karen Nationalist Insurgency. An Assessment of the United Nations Counterterrorism Initiatives: 2001-2015. Insurgencies, Civil Wars, and International Support: Reassessing Evidence of Moral Hazard from the Balkans.
