War, Peace, and International Relations. An Introduction to Strategic History

The purpose of this chapter is not historical explanation. Contemporary terrorism was discussed in Chapter 17. Rather, the inten ...

and Chechnya in the 1990s, and Iraq and Afghanistan in the 2000s, irregular warfare has carried the stamp of extreme violence. T ...

practice in regular combat. To effect such a radical change while still retaining a core competency in regular warfare is a majo ...

The part of the spectrum of irregular violence that is of concern to this strategic history is defined by the dominance of polit ...

the bonds of social discipline and the norms of civility. Also, it provides favourable opportunities for well-organized criminal ...

In other words, an insurgency can grow from a period of preparation with political agitation, some guerrilla activity, and terro ...

provide protection in many locations, it all but invites the irregular enemy to concentrate its forces against isolated garrison ...

nearly so, only if the COIN effort is directed at an irregular enemy with which it shares public and strategic cultures, as in s ...

reach the main strength of the other to compel a military decision. On the one hand, the irregular army cannot risk itself conce ...

damaging of all, such defeats cause civilians to doubt that the government will prevail. As a matter of prudence for personal su ...

to seize and hold the moral high ground is one of the most valuable sources of strategic effectiveness in irregular warfare in a ...

nerve, have a failure of political will, and, in effect if not formally, offer a political deal. All governments have a declarat ...

success and failure, but what do these commonplace concepts mean in irregular warfare against terrorists? The ever-essential Mao ...

Al Qaeda and the ‘New Terrorism’ The 1990s saw the emergence and rise of what has come to be known as the ‘New Terrorism’ (Laque ...

other cultures. It is true to claim that its objectives are so radical as to be non-negotiable, but it is incorrect to argue tha ...

the global economy through the agencies of oil supply and general economic confidence. In addition, there is a real possibility, ...

its strategic importance has long been overshadowed by regular warfare between states. But war is war, warfare is warfare, and s ...

—— The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction(New York: Oxford University Press, 1999). —— No End to War: Te ...

19 War, peace and international order Introduction: war–peace cycle There are two principal views of war in history. People can ...

Readers must choose for themselves whether to regard the two centuries of strategic history analysed here as a journey towards a ...