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Cass military studies
Cass military studies. ^A697626
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction to insurgency and the function of organizations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The complexities of insurgency -- How to use this book -- Definitions and analytical overview -- Why study insurgency at all? -- Pair Two -- The plan of the book -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: The foundations of resilience -- Organizational structures, leadership, and efficiency |
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Trust networks under external pressure -- Internal social capital: differences in meritocracy and family -- Familial social capital and trust -- Relatedness and reciprocity -- why do family and kin help each other? -- Social capital and in-grouping -- Boundaries and family -- Social capital and trust in meritocracies -- Summary of social capital and trust -- The resilience of insurgent organizations -- Defining resilience -- Manifesting resilience -- Dark resilience versus stagnation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Real world analysis -- Chapter 3: The Haqqani Network |
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Background -- Section 1: familial succession in the Haqqani Network -- stability and control -- Structural strengths -- The business of family and family businesses -- The importance of family and kinship to the Haqqani Network -- Section 2: external pressures -- Primary pressures and targeted kinetic operations -- Soft-power and secondary pressures -- Section 3: Haqqani Network adaptation, recovery, and capabilities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Lashkar-e-Taiba -- Meritocratic foundations -- External pressures -- LeT resilience and responses to external pressures |
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Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Jemaah Islamiyah -- Background: the importance of family in Jemaah Islamiyah operations -- Kinship and effective capabilities -- External pressures -- Resilience and the familial organization of Jemaah Islamiyah -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Abu Sayyaf -- Background -- Why not family? -- Meritocracy in command and control -- External pressures -- Abu Sayyaf resilience -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Findings -- The role of social capital -- Summary of results -- The importance of efficiency in organizations |
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Future directions -- Notes -- References -- Part III: A new approach -- Chapter 8: Strategic counterintelligence -- Section 1: defining the doctrine -- Section 2: introduction -- Section 3: the future -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Abstract |
"This book examines terrorist and insurgent organisations and seeks to understand how such groups persist for so long, while introducing a new strategic doctrine for countering these organisations. The work discusses whether familial or meritocratic insurgencies are more resilient to counterinsurgency pressures. It argues that it is not the type of organization that determines resilience, but rather the efficiency functions of social capital and trust, which have different natures and forms, within them. It finds that while familial insurgencies can challenge incumbents from the start, they weaken over time, whereas meritocracies will generally strengthen. The book examines four of the most enduring and lethal insurgent organizations: the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan, Jemaah Islamiyah in Indonesia, and the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines. The author breaks down each group into its formative strengths and vulnerabilities and presents a bespoke model of strategic counterintelligence that can be used to manipulate, degrade and destroy each organization. This book will be of much interest to students of counterinsurgency, terrorism, intelligence, security and defence studies in general"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Biographical note | Andrew D. Henshaw is an independent advisor to governments on defence and intelligence issues. He has 27 years' experience in military Special Forces and Counterintelligence operations and has a PhD from Macquarie University, Australia. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 16, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 0367463164 9780367463168 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781000068146 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1000068145 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781003028116 electronic book |
| ISBN | 100302811X electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781000068184 (electronic bk. : EPUB) |
| ISBN | 1000068188 (electronic bk. : EPUB) |
| ISBN | 9781000068160 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) |
| ISBN | 1000068161 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) |
| Stock number | 9781003028116 Taylor & Francis |
