Name: The British Approach to Counterinsurgency
ISBN: 978-1-137-28468-6

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Paul Dixon (Reader in Politics and International Studies)⁰

Paul Dixon
1. Kingston University, UK
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The British Approach to Counterinsurgency: ‘Hearts and Minds’ from Malaya to Afghanistan?
1. The British Approach to Counterinsurgency: ‘Hearts and Minds’ from Malaya to Afghanistan?
  
  Paul Dixon
  
  Pages 1-48
Analysing British Counterinsurgency
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 49-49
  
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2. Beyond Hearts and Minds: Perspectives on Counterinsurgency
  
  Paul Dixon
  
  Pages 51-89
3. Britain’s Vietnam Syndrome: Perspectives on British Counterinsurgency, the Media and Public Opinion
  
  Paul Dixon
  
  Pages 90-111
4. Bringing It All Back Home: The Militarisation of Britain and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
  
  Paul Dixon
  
  Pages 112-146
5. A Feminist Approach to British Counterinsurgency
  
  Claire Duncanson, Hilary Cornish
  
  Pages 147-172
6. Baha Mousa and the British Army in Iraq
  
  Huw Bennett
  
  Pages 173-204
Case Studies: Malaya to Afghanistan
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 205-205
  
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2. Using and Abusing the Past: The Malayan Emergency as Counterinsurgency Paradigm
  
  Karl Hack
  
  Pages 207-242
3. Dirty Wars: Counterinsurgency from Vietnam to Afghanistan
  
  David Hunt
  
  Pages 243-264
4. ‘Hearts and Minds’: British Counterinsurgency Strategy in Northern Ireland
  
  Paul Dixon
  
  Pages 265-290
5. Counterinsurgency and Human Rights in Northern Ireland
  
  Brice Dickson
  
  Pages 291-313
6. Counterinsurgency amidst Fragmentation: The British in Southern Iraq
  
  Glen Rangwala
  
  Pages 314-336
7. Countering the Afghan Insurgency: Three Lessons Learned
  
  Sherard Cowper-Coles
  
  Pages 337-351
8. Conclusion: The Military and British Democracy
  
  Paul Dixon
  
  Pages 352-383
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This timely and critical volume questions the effectiveness of Britain's 'hearts and minds' approach, challenging conventional counterinsurgency thinking by drawing on the expertise of regional and thematic specialists.

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"For the non-specialist reader, this book provides a wealth of historical background that helps to explain why the 'insurgency narrative' has been catastrophically inappropriate, especially in Afghanistan." - New Humanist

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Kingston University, UK

Paul Dixon

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HUW BENNETT Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, UK, teaching at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham, UK SIR SHERARD COWPER-COLES Career diplomat, currently working for BAE System advising on business development in the Middle East and south-east Asia HILARY CORNISH Research student at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland BRICE DICKSON Professor of International and Comparative Law at Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland CLAIRE DUNCANSON Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland KARL HACK Chair of the Open University's new history course 'Empires 1492-1975' DAVID HUNT Professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA GLEN RANGWALA Lecturer in Politics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK

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Book Title: The British Approach to Counterinsurgency
Book Subtitle: From Malaya and Northern Ireland to Iraq and Afghanistan
Editors: Paul Dixon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137284686
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-29347-2Published: 19 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33297-7Published: 01 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-28468-6Published: 19 October 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 442
Topics: Political History, Military and Defence Studies, British Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Diplomacy, Terrorism and Political Violence

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