1st Edition
Understanding Insurgent Resilience Organizational Structures and the Implications for Counterinsurgency
By Andrew Henshaw
Copyright 2020
310 Pages
32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
310 Pages
32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
310 Pages
32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Part I: Introduction to Insurgency and the Function of Organizations
1. Introduction
2. The Foundations of Resilience
Part II: Real World Analysis
3. The Haqqani Network
4. Lashkar-e-Taiba
5. Jemaah Islamiyah
6. Abu Sayyaf
7. Findings
Part III: A New Approach
8. Strategic Counterintelligence
Biography
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.
