Rethinking Western Approaches to Counterinsurgency: Lessons From Post-Colonial Conflict

by Russell W. Glenn and Russell W. Glenn

Book Overview

This book critically examines the Western approach to counter-insurgency in the post-colonial era and offers a series of recommendations to address current shortfalls.

The author argues that current approaches to countering insurgency rely too heavily on conflicts from the post-World War II years of waning colonialism. Campaigns conducted over half a century ago - Malaya, Aden, and Kenya among them - remain primary sources on which the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415787122
• ISBN13: 9780415787123
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"