Resolving Insurgencies (Enlarged Edition)

Resolving Insurgencies (Enlarged Edition)
ISBN-10
1304240843
ISBN-13
9781304240842
Category
Education
Language
English
Published
2013-07-17
Authors
Strategic Studies Institute, Thomas R. Mockaitis, U. S. Army War College

Description

Understanding how insurgencies may be brought to a successful conclusion is vital to military strategists and policymakers.This study examines how past insurgencies have ended and how current ones may be resolved. Four ways in which insurgencies have ended are identified. Clear-cut victories for either the government or the insurgents occurred during the era of decolonization, but they seldom happen today. Recent insurgencies have often degenerated into criminal organizations committed to making money rather than fighting a revolution or into terrorist groups capable of nothing more than sporadic violence. In a few cases, the threatened government has resolved the conflict by co-opting the insurgents. After achieving a strategic stalemate and persuading the belligerents that they have nothing to gain from continued fighting, these governments have drawn the insurgents into the legitimate political process through reform and concessions.

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