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Counterinsurgency in Crisis : Britain and the Challenges of Modern Warfare / David Ucko, Robert Egnell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular WarfarePublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231164276
  • 9780231535410
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.02180941
LOC classification:
  • U241 .U255 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Rethinking counterinsurgency -- 1. Untangling the british counterinsurgency legacy -- 2. The british in basra. With heads held high into the abyss -- 3. Act II: British counterinsurgency in Helmand -- 4. "A horse and tank moment" -- 5. Whither british counterinsurgency? Learning from experience: What went wrong? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Long considered the masters of counterinsurgency, the British military encountered significant problems in Iraq and Afghanistan when confronted with insurgent violence. In their effort to apply the principles and doctrines of past campaigns, they failed to prevent Basra and Helmand from descending into lawlessness, criminality, and violence. By juxtaposing the deterioration of these situations against Britain's celebrated legacy of counterinsurgency, this investigation identifies both the contributions and limitations of traditional tactics in such settings, exposing a disconcerting gap between ambitions and resources, intent and commitment. Building upon this detailed account of the Basra and Helmand campaigns, this volume conducts an unprecedented assessment of British military institutional adaptation in response to operations gone awry. In calling attention to the enduring effectiveness of insurgent methods and the threat posed by undergoverned spaces, David H. Ucko and Robert Egnell underscore the need for military organizations to meet the irregular challenges of future wars in new ways.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Rethinking counterinsurgency -- 1. Untangling the british counterinsurgency legacy -- 2. The british in basra. With heads held high into the abyss -- 3. Act II: British counterinsurgency in Helmand -- 4. "A horse and tank moment" -- 5. Whither british counterinsurgency? Learning from experience: What went wrong? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Long considered the masters of counterinsurgency, the British military encountered significant problems in Iraq and Afghanistan when confronted with insurgent violence. In their effort to apply the principles and doctrines of past campaigns, they failed to prevent Basra and Helmand from descending into lawlessness, criminality, and violence. By juxtaposing the deterioration of these situations against Britain's celebrated legacy of counterinsurgency, this investigation identifies both the contributions and limitations of traditional tactics in such settings, exposing a disconcerting gap between ambitions and resources, intent and commitment. Building upon this detailed account of the Basra and Helmand campaigns, this volume conducts an unprecedented assessment of British military institutional adaptation in response to operations gone awry. In calling attention to the enduring effectiveness of insurgent methods and the threat posed by undergoverned spaces, David H. Ucko and Robert Egnell underscore the need for military organizations to meet the irregular challenges of future wars in new ways.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

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