The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counter-Insurgency

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This handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of current academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counterinsurgency, and an-up-to date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counterinsurgencies. In recent years, and since insurgency in Iraq from 2003, academic interest in insurgency and counterinsurgency has substantially increased. These topics have become dominant themes on the security agenda, replacing peacekeeping, humanitarian operations and terrorism as key concepts. The aim of this volume is to showcase thinking available in area of insurgency and counterinsurgency studies and act as a guide for study and research. In order to contain this wide-ranging topic within an accessible, informative framework, the Editors have divided the text into three parts: Part I: Theoretical and Analytical Issues ; Part II: Insurgent Movements ; Part III: Counterinsurgency Cases. This handbook will be of interest to students of insurgency and small wars, terrorism/counter-terrorism, strategic studies, security studies and IR and professional military colleges and policymakers.