Wars From Within: Understanding And Managing Insurgent Movements

by Albrecht Schnabel (Editor), Rohan Gunaratna (Editor)

Overview

Wars from Within brings together an international and multidisciplinary group of academics and practitioner-researchers specializing in the study of insurgent movements in order to provide a deeper understanding of the violent manifestations of insurgencies in different parts of the world. In doing so, the book adopts both a functional and regional approach. Firstly, thematic chapters discuss the typology of insurgencies (ethnopolitical, religious and ideological), past and potential responses to them, as well as the impact of advance communication technology on insurgent activity. The book then presents a series of case studies assessing the successes and failures of managing contemporary insurgencies. These are drawn from European, Asian and Middle Eastern insurgencies, as well as the global al-Qaeda network that typifies the post-9/11 challenge posed by internationally operating terrorist organizations. The case studies highlight factors and conditions that trigger, escalate, de-escalate and ultimately end insurgent campaigns. The book concludes with an assessment of how the international community at large has responded and should respond to insurgencies in the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783265565
Publisher:	Imperial College Press
Publication date:	12/18/2014
Series:	Insurgency And Terrorism Series , #4
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Contributors ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The Challenge of Contemporary Insurgencies Rohan Gunaratna Albrecht Schnabel 3

Part 1 Classification of Insurgencies

Chapter 2 Ethnic Terrorism and Insurgencies Dennis A. Pluchinsky 33

Chapter 3 Religious Insurgencies Angus Muir 59

Chapter 4 Ideological Insurgencies N. T. Anders Strindberg 87

Chapter 5 The Internet - A Force Multiplier for Modern Insurgencies E. Kweilen Kimmelman 119

Part 2 Insurgencies in Europe, Asia and the Middle East: Experiences, Lessons and Recommendations

Chapter 6 Insurgencies in the Balkans: Albanian Liberation Armies Agon Demjaha Luhim Peci 145

Chapter 7 India - The Defeat of Religious Extremist in Punjab K.P.S. Gill Ajai Sahni 183

Chapter 8 Conflict to Co-option? Experiences of Dealing with the Insurgencies in India's Northeast Ajay Darshan Behera 227

Chapter 9 The Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka D.R. Kaarthikeyan 273

Chapter 10 Democratization versus Violence - Terrorist and Insurgent Challenges to Indonesia Tom Farrell 321

Chapter 11 Hezbollah Shaul Shay 373

Chapter 12 Al-Qaeda al-Jihad - A Global Insurgency in the Early 21st Century Rohan Gunaratna 407

Conclusion 449

Chapter 13 Meeting the Challenge of Contemporary Insurgencies Albrechi Schnabel Rohan Gunaratna 451

Index 477