The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945-1967

by David French

The claim by the Ministry of Defence in 2001 that 'the experience of numerous small wars has provided the British Army with a unique insight into this demanding form of conflict' unravelled spectacularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. One important reason for that, David French suggests, was because contemporary British counter-insurgency doctrine was based upon a serious misreading of the past.

Until now, many observers believed that during the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199587965
• ISBN13: 9780199587964
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"