British Counterinsurgency: From Palestine to Northern Ireland [Hardcover]

British Counterinsurgency examines the insurgencies that have confronted the British State since the end of the Second World War, and at the methods used to fight them. It looks at the guerrilla campaigns in Palestine, Malaya, Kenya, Cyprus, South Yemen, Oman, and most recently in Northern Ireland, and considers the reasons for British success or failure in suppressing them. It provides a hard-nosed account of the realities of counterinsurgency as practised by the most experienced security establishment in the world today.Acknowledgements Introduction At War with Zion The Running Dog War The Mau Mau Revolt Cyprus and EOKA The Struggle for South Yemen The Unknown Wars: Oman and Dhofar The Long War: Northern Ireland Conclusion Notes IndexJOHN NEWSINGER is a Senior Lecturer in History at Bath Spa University College. His most recent books include Orwell's Politics and United Irishman: the Memoirs of James Hope.