Research Catalog

Title

Winning wars amongst the people : case studies in asymmetric conflict / Peter A. Kiss.

Author

Kiss, Peter A.

Publication

[Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

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Details

Description

xiv, 289 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Winning Wars amongst the People analyzes the special circumstances of asymmetric conflicts in the domestic context and seeks to identify those principles that allow a democratic state's security forces to meet the challenge, while at the same time obey their homeland's laws, protect its culture, observe its values, and maintain its liberties, traditions, and way of life. Using five detailed case studies, Peter A. Kiss explains the fundamental differences between the paradigm of conventional warfare and that of asymmetric warfare as well as the latter's political, social, and economic roots and main characteristics. Most important, he identifies the measures a government must take to prepare its security forces and other institutions of state for an asymmetric conflict.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subjects

• Case studies
• Military history, Modern > Case studies
• Asymmetric warfare > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface: a gap to fill -- A paradigm shift in warfare -- Intrastate conflict: the new security challenge -- A new paradigm of war: generations in warfare and wars amongst the people -- Roots of the paradigm shift: social, political, and economic developments -- The cases -- Rhodesia, 1962-1980: tactical success, operational, strategic, and political failure -- Punjab, 1980-1994: a counterinsurgency model for europe -- Kosovo, 1996-1999: a spectacular success of asymmetric warfare -- France, 2005: the first act of a religious and ethnic insurgency -- Preparing for future conflict -- The nature of the challenge: general characteristics of asymmetric conflicts -- Hungary, 2012 and after: preparations to meet the challenge -- Conclusion: the price of failure.

ISBN

• 9781612347004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1612347002 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781612347035 (pdf) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014001246

OCLC

• 870439066
• SCSB-11471861

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library