Insurgent's Dilemma e-bog
202,96 DKK
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Despite attracting headlines and hype, insurgents rarely win. Even when they claim territory and threaten governmental writ, they typically face a military backlash too powerful to withstand. States struggle with addressing the political roots of such movements, and their military efforts mostly just mow the grass; yet, for the insurgent, the grass is nonetheless mowedand the armed project must...
E-bog
202,96 DKK
Forlag
Hurst Publishers
Udgivet
24 februar 2022
Længde
328 sider
Genrer
Political activism / Political engagement
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781787387836
Despite attracting headlines and hype, insurgents rarely win. Even when they claim territory and threaten governmental writ, they typically face a military backlash too powerful to withstand. States struggle with addressing the political roots of such movements, and their military efforts mostly just mow the grass; yet, for the insurgent, the grass is nonetheless mowedand the armed project must start over. This is the insurgents dilemma: the difficulty of asserting oneself, of violently challenging authority, and of establishing sustainable power.In the face of this dilemma, some insurgents are learning new ways to ply their trade. With subversion, spin and disinformation claiming centre stage, insurgency is being reinvented, to exploit the vulnerabilities of our times and gain new strategic salience for tomorrow. As the most promising approaches are refined and repurposed, what we think of as counterinsurgency will also need to change.The Insurgents Dilemmaexplores three particularly adaptive strategies and their implications for response. These emerging strategies target the state where it is weak and sap its power, sometimes without it noticing. There are options for response, but fresh thinking is urgently neededabout society, legitimacy and political violence itself.