The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency (Inbunden)
avM. L. R. Smith, David Martin Jones, M. L. R. Smith
ISBN: 9780231170000 - UTGIVEN: 2015-05The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It assumes future wars will unfold as "low intensity" conflicts within rather than between states, requiring specialized military training and techniques. COIN is understood as a[...]
Sacred Violence (Inbunden)
avDavid Martin Jones, M. L. R Smith, David Martin Jones
ISBN: 9781137328076 - UTGIVEN: 2014-08Sacred Violence examines the place that ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to achieve a condition of worldly perfection. In particular, the book focuses upon Islamism as a post modern political religion that considers violence both necessary and purificatory. It also exami[...]
Asian Security and the Rise of China (Inbunden)
avDavid Martin Jones, Nicholas Khoo, M.L.R. Smith
ISBN: 9781781004616 - UTGIVEN: 2013-04East Asia is without question a region of huge economic, political, and security significance. Asian Security and the Rise of China offers a comprehensive overview and assessment of the international politics of the Asia-Pacific since the end of the Cold War, seeking to address the overarching quest[...]
The New Counter-Insurgency Era in Critical Perspective (Inbunden)
avCeleste Ward (EDT) Gventer, David Martin (EDT) Jones, M. L. R. (EDT) Smith
ISBN: 9781137336934 - UTGIVEN: 2014-01Over the last decade, the notion of counter-insurgency (COIN) has risen to prominence as the dominant paradigm in American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the high level of attention paid to the subject by military analysts, the broader theoretical and historical[...]
