The counter-insurgency myth [electronic resource] : the British experience of irregular warfare / Andrew Mumford.
Series: Cass military studies ; 45.Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xi, 201 p. : illISBN:- 9780203805626
- Counterinsurgency -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Counterinsurgency -- Case studies
- Iraq War, 2003-
- Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Defenses
- Malaya -- History -- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
- Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
- Yemen (Republic) -- History -- 1962-1972
- Northern Ireland -- History -- 1969-1994
- Also available in print edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Evaluating the British approach to counter-insurgency since 1948 -- 2. The blueprint : Malaya, 1948-60 -- 3. The transfer : Kenya, 1952-60 -- 4. The turning point : Aden and South Arabia, 1962-67 -- 5. The nadir : Northern Ireland, 1969-1979 -- 6. The culmination? : Iraq, 2003-09 -- 7. Puncturing the counter-insurgency myth : Britain and irregular warfare in the past, present and future.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.