Iraq and the Challenge of Counterinsurgency

by Thomas R. Mockaitis

Mockaitis begins by providing a working definition of counterinsurgency that distinguishes it from conventional war while discussing the insurgents' uses of terror as a method to support their broader strategy of gaining control of a country. Insurgent movements, he notes, use terror far more selectively than do terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda, which kills indiscriminately and is more than willing to produce mass casualties. Such methods...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275999475
• ISBN13: 9780275999476
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"