Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Counterinsurgency: Eating Soup with a Chainsaw 1
5. 2. Counterinsurgency: What It Is and Is Not 8
6. 3. Not the Wars You’re Looking For: Malaya, Greece, the Philippines 29
7. 4. A New Laboratory: Dhofar, Oman 81
8. 5. High Cost Success: El Salvador 106
9. 6. How Much Does the Compellence Theory Explain? Turkey and the PKK 130
10. 7. Counterinsurgency Success: Costs High and Rising 147
11. Notes 155
12. Index 203