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Insurgencies and counterinsurgencies, national styles and strategic cultures, edited by Beatrice Heuser and Eitan Shamir

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Insurgencies and counterinsurgencies, national styles and strategic cultures, edited by Beatrice Heuser and Eitan Shamir

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Insurgencies and counterinsurgencies

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

970815321

Responsibility statement

edited by Beatrice Heuser and Eitan Shamir

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

national styles and strategic cultures

Summary

This book is a major new study of the extent to which national mentalities, or 'ways of war', are responsible for 'national styles' of insurgency and counterinsurgency. Leading scholars examine the ways of war of particular insurgent movements, and the standard operational procedures of states and occupation forces to suppress them. Through case studies ranging from British, American and French counterinsurgency to the IRA and the Taliban, they show how 'national styles' evolve, influenced by transnational trends, ideas and practices. They examine whether we can identify a tendency to resort to a particular pattern of fighting and, if so, whether this is dictated by constants such as geography and climate, or by the available options, or else whether there exists a particular 'strategic culture' or 'national style'. Their findings show that 'national style' is not eternal but can undergo fundamental transformations.--, Provided by publisher

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