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Indian Defence Review Apr-Jun 2023 (Vol 38.2)
Indian Defence Review Apr-Jun 2023 (Vol 38.2)
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The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a big one Rs.895.00/-

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In the just few years of the post-9/u era, the established models for fighting "small wars" proved distressingly ineffective against resilient insurgencies in Iraq and Aghanistan. AB the insurgents fought Western militaries to a stalemate, it was clear that a new approach was necessary. David Kilcullen, one of the world's most influential experts on guerrilla warfare, is a key architect of the United States' revamped military strategy. AB the Senior Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq, Kilcullen's revolutionary approach to counterinsurgency became an intellectual foundation for the Surge of 2oo7.

In The Accidental Guerrilla, Kilcullen takes us on the ground to uncover the face of modern warfare, illuminating both the global challenge (the "War on Terrorism") and small wars across the world: Aghanistan, Iraq, Indonesia, Thailand, East Timor, and Pakistan. He explains that today's conflicts are a complex hybrid of contrasting trends: local social networks and worldwide movements; traditional and postmodern culture; local insurgencies seeking autonomy and a broader terrorist campaign. He warns that the United States has tended to conflate these trends, blurring the distinction between local and global struggles and thereby enormously complicating our challenges. The West has continually misidentified insurgents with limited aims and legitimate grievances¬" accidental guerrillas"-as members of a unified worldwide terror network. We must learn how to disentangle these strands, develop strategies that deal with global threats, avoid local conflicts where possible, and win them where necessary.

Colored with gripping battlefield experiences that range from the jungles and highlands of Southeast Asia to the mountains of the Aghanistan - Pakistan border to the dusty towns of the Middle East, The Accidental Guerrilla will, quite simply, change the way we think about war.

Author: David Kilcullen
ISBN: 9780195368345
Pages: 346
Features: HB
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 15 July, 2013.
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