Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency Strategic Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes

Name: Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency Strategic Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes
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ISBN: 9780231170000

ISBN-10: 0231170009

ISBN-13: 9780231170000

Edition: 2015

Authors: M. L. R. Smith, David Martin Jones

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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 soldiers and under the guidance of an expert elite, creates lasting results.Through an extensive investigation into COIN's theories, methods, and outcomes, this book undermines enduring claims about COIN's success while revealing its hidden…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/19/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English