The Resource The Counter-Insurgency Myth : the British Experience of Irregular Warfare
The Counter-Insurgency Myth : the British Experience of Irregular Warfare
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The item The Counter-Insurgency Myth : the British Experience of Irregular Warfare represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- 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 book argues
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Contents
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- The Counter- Insurgency Myth: The British experience of irregular warfare; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Evaluating the British approach to counter-insurgency since 1948; 2 The blueprint Malaya, 1948-60; 3 The transfer Kenya, 1952-60; 4 The turning point Aden and South Arabia, 1962-67; 5 The nadir Northern Ireland, 1969-79; 6 The culmination? Iraq, 2003-09; 7 Puncturing the counterinsurgency insurgency myth Britain and irregular warfare in the past, present and future; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9781136649394
- Label
- The Counter-Insurgency Myth : the British Experience of Irregular Warfare
- Title
- The Counter-Insurgency Myth
- Title remainder
- the British Experience of Irregular Warfare
- Subject
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- 1900-2011
- British colonies
- Counterinsurgency
- Counterinsurgency -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Colonies | Defenses
- Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Revolutionary
- History
- Iraq
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
- Malaya
- Malaya -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
- Military history
- Military readiness
- Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998
- Yemen (Republic)
- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1962-1972
- Kenya
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 book argues
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mumford, Andrew
- Dewey number
- 355.02/180941
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- U241.M86 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Counterinsurgency
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Malaya
- Kenya
- Yemen (Republic)
- Northern Ireland
- HISTORY
- British colonies
- Counterinsurgency
- Military readiness
- Great Britain
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Malaya
- Northern Ireland
- Yemen (Republic)
- Label
- The Counter-Insurgency Myth : the British Experience of Irregular Warfare
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Counter- Insurgency Myth: The British experience of irregular warfare; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Evaluating the British approach to counter-insurgency since 1948; 2 The blueprint Malaya, 1948-60; 3 The transfer Kenya, 1952-60; 4 The turning point Aden and South Arabia, 1962-67; 5 The nadir Northern Ireland, 1969-79; 6 The culmination? Iraq, 2003-09; 7 Puncturing the counterinsurgency insurgency myth Britain and irregular warfare in the past, present and future; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 768081397
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781136649394
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)768081397
- Label
- The Counter-Insurgency Myth : the British Experience of Irregular Warfare
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Counter- Insurgency Myth: The British experience of irregular warfare; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Evaluating the British approach to counter-insurgency since 1948; 2 The blueprint Malaya, 1948-60; 3 The transfer Kenya, 1952-60; 4 The turning point Aden and South Arabia, 1962-67; 5 The nadir Northern Ireland, 1969-79; 6 The culmination? Iraq, 2003-09; 7 Puncturing the counterinsurgency insurgency myth Britain and irregular warfare in the past, present and future; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 768081397
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781136649394
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)768081397
Subject
- 1900-2011
- British colonies
- Counterinsurgency
- Counterinsurgency -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Electronic books
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- Colonies | Defenses
- Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century
- HISTORY -- Revolutionary
- History
- Iraq
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
- Malaya
- Malaya -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
- Military history
- Military readiness
- Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland -- History -- 1968-1998
- Yemen (Republic)
- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1962-1972
- Kenya
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