The British Approach to Counterinsurgency: From Malaya and Northern Ireland to Iraq and Afghanistan

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
The British Approach to Counterinsurgency: ‘Hearts and Minds’ from Malaya to Afghanistan?....Pages 1-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Beyond Hearts and Minds: Perspectives on Counterinsurgency....Pages 51-89
Britain’s Vietnam Syndrome: Perspectives on British Counterinsurgency, the Media and Public Opinion....Pages 90-111
Bringing It All Back Home: The Militarisation of Britain and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars....Pages 112-146
A Feminist Approach to British Counterinsurgency....Pages 147-172
Baha Mousa and the British Army in Iraq....Pages 173-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Using and Abusing the Past: The Malayan Emergency as Counterinsurgency Paradigm....Pages 207-242
Dirty Wars: Counterinsurgency from Vietnam to Afghanistan....Pages 243-264
‘Hearts and Minds’: British Counterinsurgency Strategy in Northern Ireland....Pages 265-290
Counterinsurgency and Human Rights in Northern Ireland....Pages 291-313
Counterinsurgency amidst Fragmentation: The British in Southern Iraq....Pages 314-336
Countering the Afghan Insurgency: Three Lessons Learned....Pages 337-351
Conclusion: The Military and British Democracy....Pages 352-383
Back Matter....Pages 384-442