03071nam 2200625 a 450 991046512360332120200520144314.00-19-534203-897866117240090-19-971190-90-19-971189-51-281-72400-9(CKB)2560000000298755(EBL)416007(OCoLC)476246432(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023891(MiAaPQ)EBC416007(Au-PeEL)EBL416007(CaPaEBR)ebr10246244(CaONFJC)MIL172400(EXLCZ)99256000000029875520080221d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Treading on hallowed ground[electronic resource] counterinsurgency operations in sacred spaces /edited by C. Christine Fair and Sumit GangulyNew York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-534204-6 0-19-985201-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Counterinsurgency and the Problem of Sacred Space; 2. The Golden Temple: A Tale of Two Sieges; 3. A Mosque, a Shrine, and Two Sieges; 4. The Battle for the Soul of Pakistan at Islamabad's Red Mosque; 5. Fighting for the Holy Mosque: The 1979 Mecca Insurgency; 6. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq's Sacred Spaces; 7. Iron Fists without Velvet Gloves: The Krue Se Mosque Incident and Lessons in Counterinsurgency for the Southern Thai Conflict; 8. Conclusion: Counterinsurgency in Sacred Spaces; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; QRS; T; U; V; W; ZAfter America's Iraq adventure devolved into a debacle, a chorus of commentators and analysts noted that the U.S. military had no plan to fight a counterinsurgency campaign. Given the failure of conventional tactics, America in the last two years has redoubled its efforts to develop a new strategy to fight the Iraqi insurgency, and has gone so far to place our leading counterinsurgency expert, General David Petraeus, in charge of the Iraq theater. In sum, there seems to be a growing consensus that for better or worse, counterinsurgency will be a core tactic in future American military campaignCounterinsurgencyInsurgencyCounterinsurgencyCase studiesSacred spacePolitical aspectsShrinesElectronic books.Counterinsurgency.Insurgency.CounterinsurgencySacred spacePolitical aspects.Shrines.355.02/18Ganguly Sumit598193Fair C. Christine860831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465123603321Treading on hallowed ground1921000UNINA