MILS672  - Counterinsurgency in Asia

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This course explores the problem of insurgency and counterinsurgency in Asia during the 20th and 21st century in terms of lessons learned. Students examine insurgencies in the Philippines, the Vietnam War, the Soviet-Afghan War, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Key issues such as political awareness and social consciousness, coupled with dissatisfaction under the extant regime, are assessed as factors in insurgency and counter-insurgency.

 

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

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Course Materials

Book Title: Dynamics of Defeat: The Vietnam War in Hau Nghia Province
ISBN: 0813318742
Publication Info: Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993
Author: Bergerud, Eric M
Unit Cost: $65.75

Book Title: Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982
ISBN: 0520208935
Publication Info: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995
Author: Kakar, M. Hassan
Unit Cost: $29.00

Book Title: Philippine War 1899-1902
ISBN: 0700612254
Publication Info: Lawrence: Univ of Kansas Press, 2000
Author: Brian McAllister Linn
Unit Cost: $19.95

Book Title: Maoist Insurgency Since Vietnam
ISBN: 0714641235
Publication Info: Taylor & Francis
Author: Marks, Thomas
Unit Cost: $50.00

Book Title: Vietnam and American Doctrine for Small Wars
ISBN: 9747534509
Publication Info: White Lotus Press (December, 2000)
Author: Johnson, Wray
Unit Cost: $35.75

 

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