1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789738503321

Autore

Mumford Andrew

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-64938-7

1-283-36364-X

9786613363640

0-203-80562-3

1-136-64939-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Cass military studies ; ; 45

Disciplina

355.02/180941

355.02180941

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Counterinsurgency

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Great Britain History, Military 20th century

Great Britain Colonies Defenses

Malaya History Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

Kenya History Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960

Yemen (Republic) History 1962-1972

Northern Ireland History 1969-1994

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the complex practice of counter-insurgency warfare through the prism of British military experiences in the post-war era and endeavours to unpack their performance. During the



twentieth century counter-insurgency assumed the status of one of the British military's fortes. A wealth of asymmetric warfare experience was accumulated after the Second World War as the small wars of decolonisation offered the army of a fading imperial power many opportunities to deploy against an irregular enemy. However, this quantity of experience does not translate into quality. This b