Insurgency Prewar Preparation and Intrastate Conflict

Latin America and Beyond
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-38187-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 271 g

This book provides a new approach to explaining prolonged rebellions and insurgent wars, as well as a more nuanced and multi-faceted account of the entire lifespans of rebel and insurgent groups. Since 1945, rebel and insurgent groups have increasingly dragged larger, better funded, and ostensibly militarily superior regimes into protracted intrastate conflicts. This book demonstrates how they were able to endure the hardships of warfare thanks to decisions made before the conflict erupted––a period of time the author refers to as “incubation.” Using case studies on Latin American insurgencies, the author demonstrates that their capacity to endure was directly associated with both the length and quality of each group’s prewar preparations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blaxland, Joel J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Terrorismus, Religiöser Fundamentalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Theorie der Kriegsführung und Militärwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Militär- und Verteidigungsstrategie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Coding and Testing Incubation.- Chapter 3: The Theory of Incubation.- Chapter 4: The Shining Path.- Chapter 5: A Comparative Analysis of the MIR and the FMLN.- Chapter 6: The Youth.- Chapter 7: Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Joel J. Blaxland is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Western New Mexico University, USA.