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876537
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Smith, M. L. R., (Michael Lawrence Rowan),1963-
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The political impossibility of modern counterinsurgency : : strategic problems, puzzles, and paradoxes /\ M.L.R. Smith and David Martin Jones.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: ColumbiaUniversity Press,, [2015]
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, ©2015
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| Series Statement
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Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare
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1 online resource (xxiii, 262 pages)
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| ISBN
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0231539126
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: 9780231539128
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9780231170000
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-246) and index.
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| Contents
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What is counterinsurgency mean to counter? The puzzle of insurgency -- Counterinsurgency and strategy: problems and paradoxes -- Counterinsurgency and the ideology of modernization -- The paradoxes of counterinsurgency and globalization -- The illusion of tradition: myths and paradoxes of British counterinsurgency -- The puzzle of counterinsurgency and escalation.
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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 meanings and effects.
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Counterinsurgency-- History-- 21st century.
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Terrorism-- History-- 21st century.
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Counterinsurgency.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Afghan War (2001- )
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Terrorism.
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| Dewey Classification
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355.02/18355.0218
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U241.S64 2015
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| Added Entry
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Jones, David Martin,1950-
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