Dimensions of Counter-insurgency

<p>The once-neglected study of counter-insurgency operations has recently emerged as an area of central concern for Western governments and their military organizations. While counter-insurgency represents a hugely challenging form of contemporary warfare there exists a considerable body of experience that offers assistance in the form of examples of both good and bad practice. </p><p>The main aim of this book is to present these examples and the lessons that can be drawn from them. Such lessons can be of considerable benefit to today’s policy-makers and military practitioners. The book also considers how these lessons can actually fit into the contemporary framework – as defined by military political and institutional logic – that shapes and bounds today’s counter-insurgency warfare. <em>Dimensions of Counter-Insurgency</em> explores a number of key themes including: the experience of counter-insurgency in the Middle East; the contribution of maritime and air forces; the challenges posed in adapting Western armed forces to their new tasks; and the responses made – in light of the perceived need for international action against insurgencies – by multilateral institutions such as NATO and the European Union. This book features a broad range of contributions from academics and military thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic.</p><p>This was previously published as a special issue of <em>Contemporary Security Policy.</em></p>