![]() Bibliography Introduction Counterinsurgency thought, practice and paradigm Critical evaluation of the ‘hearts and minds’ paradigm A second-party counterinsurgency framework Case study – South West Africa Case study – Dhofar Case study – Iraq Comparative Analysis Conclusion ![]() Table of Contents Abstract Originality Statement Copyright and Authenticity Statements Dedication Acknowledgements List of Figures and Maps Abbreviations Chapter 1. Strong correlation appears to exist between the dependent variables of the proposed second-party counterinsurgency framework and successful The key conclusion of this thesis is that The research underpinning this study derives from a literature review and analysis of archival, primary and secondary source material, the conduct of personal interviews, the use of research questionnaires with select personnel, and the establishment and verification of the framework using three critical historical case studies. Central to the proposed framework is a method that seeks to focus and capitalise on the relative ubiquity of insurgent ways in order to create a defeat mechanism that invokes Clausewitz’s rational calculus. The central hypothesis is that the principles of counter violence, counter organisation, counter subversion and pre-emption, supported by the enabling concepts of intelligence and adaptation, provide a new and more appropriate theoretical framework to inform the successful conduct of second-party counterinsurgency. The most important original contribution made by this study is to identify the need for, and propose, a suitable alternative framework for the conduct of second-party counterinsurgency. This increases the risk of defeat in what is already a complex and difficult enterprise. It is a basic argument of this dissertation that blind acceptance of the ‘hearts and minds’ paradigm has often led second-party counterinsurgents to adopt of inappropriate ways and means to attain their strategic objectives. This model has held the imagination of counterinsurgency theory and scholarship since the early 1960s. In line with this assertion, contemporary Western counterinsurgency practice has all too often defaulted to a formulaic approach, characterised by an overly simplistic ‘hearts and minds’ archetype. The conduct of such secondparty counterinsurgency has been (and is) commonplace in theĬontemporary era, yet a large proportion of extant counterinsurgency theory and practice – indeed much of the commonly accepted counterinsurgency paradigm – fails to meet the challenge of its subject adequately. A thesis in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyĪbstract This dissertation examines the theory and conduct ofĬounterinsurgency operations by interventionist states, defined and labelled herein as second-party counterinsurgency.
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