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Learning about counter-insurgency

The RUSI Journal, 2006
Learning the Lessons? It does not require a comprehensive survey to find evidence to suggest that not all militaries learn the lessons of counter-insurgency as well as they might. The British armed forces have tended to be quicker to cite such evidence in the performance of others rather than in their own, but some introspection is valuable. The Malaya
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Maritime Forces and Counter-insurgency

Contemporary Security Policy, 2007
The contribution of maritime forces to counter-insurgency (COIN) operations is substantial, but generally overlooked. This article explains the characteristics of maritime forces and how these can prove to be advantages or disadvantages in COIN, both directly and also indirectly, in supporting the efforts of other armed services and agencies.
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The British counter-insurgency myth

Race & Class, 2013
The British Army has an unjustified reputation for expertise and moderation in postwar counter-insurgency operations. David French in The British Way in Counter-Insurgency 1945–1967 and Andrew Mumford in The Counter-Insurgency Myth both demolish that reputation.
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Insurgency and Counter-insurgency

1990
Any discussion of insurgency and counterinsurgency must begin with a definition of terms, for the language of irregular warfare has become as elusive as the guerrillas themselves. ‘Revolution’, ‘subversion’, ‘guerrilla warfare’, ‘partisan warfare’, and ‘insurgency’ are spoken of with little precision, as though they were synonymous.
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Mau Mau: Understanding Counter-Insurgency

Africa Review of Books, 2006
Imperial Reckoning, The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenyaby Caroline ElkinsHenry Holt, 2005, 475 pages, $27.50, ISBN-0-8050-7653-0.Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenyaand the End of Empireby David AndersonNorton, 2005, 406 pages, $25.95, ISBN 0-393-05986-3. Who authored the atrocities linked with the Mau Mau?
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Intelligence Sharing for Counter‐Insurgency

Defense & Security Analysis, 2008
This article analyzes how and why governments co-operating against an insurgency can effectively share intelligence. Host countries facing armed opposition on their territory often secure military and intelligence assistance from allied states. The US has devoted substantial diplomatic, military, and intelligence resources to assisting countries fight ...
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The mythology of counter-insurgency

2017
Counter-Insurgency is the most political form of warfare. Unlike other forms of war the political or ideological proclivities of entire populations are at stake. Counter-Insurgency has, due this, confounded and bewildered practitioners, academics and policy makers alike for the longest time.
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Tenets of Counter-Insurgency Warfare

2009
Abstract : It is likely the United States will be engaged in counter-insurgency operations for the foreseeable future and such operations promise to consume a substantial amount of our nation's resources. This project sets out to identify underlying tenets (or principles) in counter-insurgency warfare in order to optimize conditions for success on the ...
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Counter-Insurgency Warfare

The Western Political Quarterly, 1965
David T. Cattell, John S. Pustay
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BURKINA FASO: Counter‐Insurgency

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series, 2023
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