Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency
Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency
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Summary
Between 1948 and 1960, the British military leaders inspired the evolution of a distinct organisational culture, known as small wars culture. This book explores how military leaders embedded and transmitted this particular military organisational culture within the British army.
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Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency by Victoria Nolan
Offering a unique and original perspective on Britain's 'Small Wars' leadership culture - this title is an essential reading for serving soldiers and scholars of military studies. It is based on original archival research. It offers fascinating survey of counterinsurgency operations - with relevance for today's military and security. Between 1948 and 1960, the British army conducted three important counterinsurgency operations in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. During that time, military leaders inspired the evolution of a distinct organisational culture, known as 'small wars culture', which affected learning, discipline and attitudes towards leadership and fellow soldiers. Using a synthesis of organisational theory and archival research, this book explores how military leaders embedded and transmitted this particular military organisational culture within the British army and provides an analysis of leaders' characteristics, their support networks and past experiences. This book will be of interest to counterinsurgency specialists, the British Army and military historians and sociologists, as well as to serving military forces.
Victoria Nolan is a Coordination Assistant for the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex. She holds a PhD in War Studies from KCL and an MSc in Global Security from Cranfield University at the Defence Academy at Shrivenham.
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ISBN 13 | 9781848857742 |
ISBN 10 | 1848857748 |
Title | Military Leadership and Counterinsurgency |
Author | Victoria Nolan |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding Type | Hardback |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Year published | 2011-12-13 |
Number of pages | 320 |
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