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Victory among people : lessons from countering insurgency and stabilising fragile states / edited by David Richards and Greg Mills ; forwords by Stanley McChrystal ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, c2011.Description: xviii, 478 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0855161582 (HB)
  • 9780855161583 (HB)
  • 0855161639 (PB)
  • 9780855161637 (PB)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC328.5 VIC 2011
Contents:
Forewords / Stanley McChrystal, Juan Manuel Santos, John A. Kufour, Soren Pind -- Introduction: contemporary insurgency / Greg Mills and David Richards -- A soldier's perspective on contemporary insurgency / David Richards -- Contemporary insurgencies by preventing insurgencies / Paula G. Thornhill -- From insurgency to stability to development: in Afghanistan as Africa / Anthony Arnott and Greg Mills -- Special operations and instability: a military investment strategy / Michael A. Lewis -- Intelligence in low-intensity conflicts: lessons from Afghanistan / Adam Cobb -- The role of media operations / Christopher Vernon -- Failure to communicate: "producing" the war in Afghanistan / David Betz -- Ethiopia and Eritrea: the failure of counter-insurgency / Christopher Clapham -- Peace-building in practice: a personal perspective on Liberia and the DRC / Alan Doss -- The military role in political victory: South Africa, Namibia and apartheid / Greg Mills and David Williams -- Who dares, loses? The relevance of Rhodesia-Zimbabwe / Greg Mills and Grahame Wilson -- Rwanda: Putting the insurgency boot on the other foot / Greg Mills -- Sierra Leone: 'Pregnant with lessons' / David Richards -- Somalia: insurgency and legitimacy in the context of state collapse / J. Peter Pham -- The campaign against the LRA: old wine in new bottles / Sandrine Perrot -- Countering the terrorist insurgency in Bangladesh / A. N. M. Muniruzzaman -- Countering the instability in Kashmir / Ved Prakash Malik -- The Southern Thailand insurgency / Alastair Leithead -- The lessons from Northern Ireland: comparisons with Iraq and Afghanistan / Chris Brown -- Coke isn't it: changing a culture and image of violence in Colombia / Greg Mills -- El Salvador: when the insurgents (finally) take over / Greg Mills.
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre JC328.5 VIC 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 005568 Available mZulm-005568

Published in association with the Brenthurst Foundation.

Includes bibliographical references.

Forewords / Stanley McChrystal, Juan Manuel Santos, John A. Kufour, Soren Pind -- Introduction: contemporary insurgency / Greg Mills and David Richards -- A soldier's perspective on contemporary insurgency / David Richards -- Contemporary insurgencies by preventing insurgencies / Paula G. Thornhill -- From insurgency to stability to development: in Afghanistan as Africa / Anthony Arnott and Greg Mills -- Special operations and instability: a military investment strategy / Michael A. Lewis -- Intelligence in low-intensity conflicts: lessons from Afghanistan / Adam Cobb -- The role of media operations / Christopher Vernon -- Failure to communicate: "producing" the war in Afghanistan / David Betz -- Ethiopia and Eritrea: the failure of counter-insurgency / Christopher Clapham -- Peace-building in practice: a personal perspective on Liberia and the DRC / Alan Doss -- The military role in political victory: South Africa, Namibia and apartheid / Greg Mills and David Williams -- Who dares, loses? The relevance of Rhodesia-Zimbabwe / Greg Mills and Grahame Wilson -- Rwanda: Putting the insurgency boot on the other foot / Greg Mills -- Sierra Leone: 'Pregnant with lessons' / David Richards -- Somalia: insurgency and legitimacy in the context of state collapse / J. Peter Pham -- The campaign against the LRA: old wine in new bottles / Sandrine Perrot -- Countering the terrorist insurgency in Bangladesh / A. N. M. Muniruzzaman -- Countering the instability in Kashmir / Ved Prakash Malik -- The Southern Thailand insurgency / Alastair Leithead -- The lessons from Northern Ireland: comparisons with Iraq and Afghanistan / Chris Brown -- Coke isn't it: changing a culture and image of violence in Colombia / Greg Mills -- El Salvador: when the insurgents (finally) take over / Greg Mills.

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