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Treading on hallowed ground : counterinsurgency operations in sacred spaces / edited by C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counterinsurgency.
- Insurgency.
- Counterinsurgency--Case studies.
- Sacred space--Political aspects.
- Sacred space.
- Shrines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Other Title:
- Counterinsurgency operations in sacred spaces
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- After America's Iraq adventure devolved into a debacle, a chorus of commentators and analysts noted that the U.S. military had no plan to fight a counterinsurgency campaign. Given the failure of conventional tactics, America in the last two years has redoubled its efforts to develop a new strategy to fight the Iraqi insurgency, and has gone so far to place our leading counterinsurgency expert, General David Petraeus, in charge of the Iraq theater. In sum, there seems to be a growing consensus that for better or worse, counterinsurgency will be a core tactic in future American military campaign
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Counterinsurgency and the Problem of Sacred Space; 2. The Golden Temple: A Tale of Two Sieges; 3. A Mosque, a Shrine, and Two Sieges; 4. The Battle for the Soul of Pakistan at Islamabad's Red Mosque; 5. Fighting for the Holy Mosque: The 1979 Mecca Insurgency; 6. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq's Sacred Spaces; 7. Iron Fists without Velvet Gloves: The Krue Se Mosque Incident and Lessons in Counterinsurgency for the Southern Thai Conflict; 8. Conclusion: Counterinsurgency in Sacred Spaces; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q
- RS; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045100-9
- 0-19-534203-8
- 9786611724009
- 0-19-971190-9
- 0-19-971189-5
- 1-281-72400-9
- OCLC:
- 476246432
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