1st Edition

Low-intensity Conflict Old Threats In A New World

By Edwin G Corr Copyright 1993
    332 Pages
    by Routledge

    332 Pages
    by Routledge

    The end of the cold war does not necessarily mean the end of the social and political instability that can lead to low-intensity conflicts. This book provides fresh insights into a difficult subject by bringing together knowledgeable contributors who have the academic expertise, operational experience, and strategic perspective essential to underst

    Foreword -- Preface -- The Challenge, the Concepts, and the Context -- Introduction -- United States Government Organization and Capability to Deal with Low-Intensity Conflict -- The Threat in the Contemporary Peace Environment: The Challenge to Change Perspectives -- Conflict in the Post-Cold War Era -- Selected Cases of Low-Intensity Conflict -- Thailand: The Domino That Did Not Fall -- The Guatemalan Counterinsurgency Campaign of 1982-1985: A Strategy of Going It Alone -- Ethiopia: A Successful Insurgency -- The Shining Path in Peru: Insurgency and the Drug Problem -- Iran: Terrorism and Islamic Fundamentalism -- Afghanistan: Low-Intensity Conflict with Major Power Intervention -- El Salvador: Transforming Society to Win the Peace -- Implications and Conclusions -- Government, Politics, and Low-Intensity Conflict -- Low-Intensity Conflict and the International Legal System -- Implications of Low-Intensity Conflict for United States Policy and Strategy -- Final Reflections