This edited volume critically assesses emerging trends in contemporary warfare and international interventionism as exemplified by the 'local turn' in counterinsurgent warfare. It asks how contemporary counterinsurgency approaches work and are legitimized; what concrete effects they have within local settings, and what the implications are for how we can understand the means and ends of war and peace in our post 9/11 world. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding recent changes in global liberal governance as well as the growing convergence of military and seemingly non-military domains, discourses and practices in the contemporary making of global political order.

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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2017

ISBN

9781137588777

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Military Policy

Index

Politics & International Relations

Acknowledgments
Contents
Notes on Contributors
List of Acronyms
Chapter 1: Introduction: Complexity, Resilience and the ‘Local Turn’ in Counterinsurgency
Chapter 2: ‘A Struggle for Control and Influence’: Western Counterinsurgency and the Problematic of Autonomy
Chapter 3: Ethnographic Intelligence: The Human Terrain System and Its Enduring Legacy
Chapter 4: Grey’s Anatomy Goes South: Biometrics, Racism, and Counterinsurgency in the Colonial Present
Chapter 5: The Peacebuilding–Counterinsurgency Nexus in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Chapter 6: Counterinsurgent Warfare and the Decentering of Sovereignty in Somalia
Chapter 7: The ‘New Path’ to Peace: Cultivating Masculinities in Southern Thai Counterinsurgency
Chapter 8: Countering Criminal Insurgencies: Fighting Gangs and Building Resilient Communities in Post-War Guatemala
Chapter 9: The Locals Strike Back: The Anbar Awakening in Iraq and the Rise of Islamic State
Chapter 10: Western Strategic Thought and the Devaluation of Counterinsurgency
Index