Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Abbreviations xxi
7. Introduction: Rethinking counterinsurgency 1
8. 1. Untangling the british counterinsurgency legacy 19
9. 2. The british in basra. With heads held high into the abyss 45
10. 3. Act II: British counterinsurgency in Helmand 75
11. 4. “A horse and tank moment” 109
12. 5. Whither british counterinsurgency? Learning from experience: What went wrong? 145
13. Notes 167
14. Bibliography 187
15. Index 205