Branch, Daniel, 1978- and Wood, Elisabeth Jean, 1957- (2010) Revisiting counterinsurgency. Politics & Society, Vol.38 (No.1). pp. 3-14. ISSN 0032-3292

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Abstract

The United States eventually got it right in Iraq, according to many observers and policy makers: counterinsurgency worked, and the lessons can be exported to Afghanistan and beyond. In response to the increasing intensity and range of attacks by Taliban forces in Afghanistan, in 2009 the U.S. sent in more troops and attempted to replicate the tactics that “worked” in Iraq: “clear, hold, and build,” the effort to combine violence only against insurgents with the building of local civilian institutions. Yet the setting for counterinsurgency in Afghanistan differed dramatically from that in Iraq, which led to debate among politicians and experts about the prospects of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and its likely costs in “blood and treasure.”

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) U Military Science > U Military Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Counterinsurgency, United States -- Military policy
Journal or Publication Title:	Politics & Society
Publisher:	Sage Publications, Inc.
ISSN:	0032-3292
Date:	March 2010
Volume:	Vol.38
Number:	No.1
Number of Pages:	12
Page Range:	pp. 3-14
Identification Number:	10.1177/0032329209357880
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/6404

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