1st Edition
Counterinsurgency, Military Occupations, and Civilian Targeting Explaining Indiscriminate Violence in Expeditionary Campaigns
1. Introduction 2. Political Context and Civilian Targeting in Expeditionary Counterinsurgency 3. The British Campaigns in Kenya (1952-1960) and Cyprus (1955-1959) 4. French Counterinsurgency in Algeria (1954-1962) 5. German Counterinsurgency in South-West Africa (1904-1907) 6. Civilian Targeting in Counterinsurgency After the Cold War (I): The US Campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan 7. Civilian Targeting in Counterinsurgency After the Cold War (II): Yemen and Palestine 8. Conclusions: The Enduring Challenge of Saving Civilians Appendix
Biography
Fausto Scarinzi is a researcher who holds a PhD in Politics and International Relations from the University of Reading, where he taught and designed modules in IR and Strategic Studies and Insurgency and Counterinsurgency. He is an Associate Fellow of Advance Higher Education, UK.
“For all those interested in the nuances of civilian victimization, this book is a must read. Advancing a heavily under-researched perspective in the literature, this book deploys rich cross-case data and contributes to a better understanding of civilian victimization carried out by the political leadership in charge of counterinsurgency campaigns.”
Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Czech Republic
“This book offers an original and rigorously developed explanation of why civilian victimization varies across counterinsurgency campaigns. By combining Realist insights with prospect theory, Scarinzi advances a compelling typological framework that captures the strategic logic underlying indiscriminate violence. This represents a major contribution to the study of counterinsurgency, political violence, and the protection of civilians.”
Lorenzo Zambernardi, Department of Political and Social Studies, University of Bologna, Italy
