1st Edition
China's War on Terrorism Counter-Insurgency, Politics and Internal Security
By Martin I. Wayne
Copyright 2008
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
China’s war on terror is among its most prominent and least understood of campaigns. With links to the global jihad, an indigenous insurgency threatens the government’s grip on a massive region of north- western China known as Xinjiang. Riots, bombings, ambushes, and assassinations have rocked the region under separatist and Islamist banners. China acted early and forcefully, and although brutal,... Read more
Introduction: Morality and Power in China’s Wild West 1. Fighting Terrorism: China’s Bottom-Up Approach 2. Insurgency in Xinjiang 3. Counterinsurgency: China’s Infinite Political Will 4. The Changing Use of Force in Society 5. Grass-Roots Institutions and Security 6. The War of Ideas: The Reshaping of Society in Xinjiang 7. Conclusion: Gauging Effectiveness. Epilogue: The Art of Countering Insurgency
Biography
Martin I. Wayne is the China Security Fellow at National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies, Washington DC. He holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Denver.
