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The unknown enemy : counterinsurgency and the illusion of control / Christian Tripodi,...

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • The unknown enemy : counterinsurgency and the illusion of control / Christian Tripodi,...
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Description matérielle
  • 1 volume (xv-282 pages) : couverture avec illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
  • 978-1-108-42460-8
  • 978-1-108-44071-4
EAN
  • 9781108440714 br.
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 355.023
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. 209-226. Notes bibliogr. Index
Résumé ou extrait
  • "Western counterinsurgency doctrine proposes that cultural intelligence is an important requirement for those forces operating amidst the unfamiliar socio-political structures often found in distant conflict zones. Yet while the determination to understand the intricate nature of alien societies may appear a rational undertaking in such circumstances, Christian Tripodi argues that these endeavours rarely help deliver success. The frictions of war and the complex human, cultural and political 'terrain' of the operating environment render such efforts highly problematic. In their attempts to generate and instrumentalize local knowledge for the purpose of exerting influence and control, western military actors are drawn into the unwelcome realm of counterinsurgency as a form of political warfare. Their operating environment now becomes a space charged with phenomena that they rarely comprehend, rarely even see and which they struggle to exert any meaningful control over. All in pursuit of a victory that might literally mean nothing." (éd.)
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