
Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency
The British Army and Small War Strategy Since World War II
- 320 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency
The British Army and Small War Strategy Since World War II
About this book
Offering a unique and original perspective on Britain's 'Small Wars' leadership culture - this title is an essential reading for serving soldiers and scholars of military studies. It is based on original archival research. It offers fascinating survey of counterinsurgency operations - with relevance for today's military and security. Between 1948 and 1960, the British army conducted three important counterinsurgency operations in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. During that time, military leaders inspired the evolution of a distinct organisational culture, known as 'small wars culture', which affected learning, discipline and attitudes towards leadership and fellow soldiers. Using a synthesis of organisational theory and archival research, this book explores how military leaders embedded and transmitted this particular military organisational culture within the British army and provides an analysis of leaders' characteristics, their support networks and past experiences. This book will be of interest to counterinsurgency specialists, the British Army and military historians and sociologists, as well as to serving military forces.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Legacy of Imperial Policing
- 3 The Malayan Emergency, 1948-60
- 4 Kenya and the Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-56
- 5 The Cyprus Revolt, 1955-60
- 6 Conclusion
- Annex A: Timeline of Events
- Annex B: A Note on Conventional Warfare Thinking!
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX