Small Wars and Insurgencies

2000 - 2025

Current editor(s): Paul Rich

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Correction to: Dingley and Herman, Terrorism, Radicalisation and Moral Panics: Media and Academic Analysis and Reporting of 2016 and 2017 ‘Terrorism’ pp. X-X: The Editors
Bernard Fall and Vietnamese Revolutionary Warfare in Indochina pp. 909-946: Nathaniel L. Moir
The Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001): ‘War-Making and State-Making’ as an Insurgency Strategy pp. 947-972: S. Yaqub Ibrahimi
Explaining Cohesion in an Insurgent Organization: The Case of the Mizo National Front pp. 973-995: Namrata Panwar
Terrorism, Radicalisation and Moral Panics: Media and Academic Analysis and Reporting of 2016 and 2017 ‘Terrorism’ pp. 996-1013: James Dingley and Sean Herman
Can Governments Negotiate With Insurgents? The Latin American Experience pp. 1014-1036: Wilder Alejandro Sanchez and Erica Illingworth
Notes on Contributors pp. 1037-1037: The Editors
Editorial Board pp. ebi-ebi: The Editors

Rebels & Legitimacy; An Introduction pp. 669-685: Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Understanding the Legitimacy of Armed Groups: A Relational Perspective pp. 686-708: Sukanya Podder
(Re-)emergent orders: understanding the negotiation(s) of rebel governance pp. 709-733: James Worrall
Building Legitimacy: Interactional Dynamics and the Popular Evaluation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey pp. 734-754: Eric W. Schoon
Civilian Cooperation and Non-Cooperation with Non-State Armed Groups: The Centrality of Obedience and Resistance pp. 755-778: Ana Arjona
Youth Between State and Rebel (Dis)Orders: Contesting Legitimacy from Below in Sub-Sahara Africa pp. 779-798: Mirjam de Bruijn and Jonna Both
Militias and the Politics of Legitimacy pp. 799-816: Ulrich Schneckener
Legitimacy and the Politics of Recognition in Kosovo pp. 817-838: Lee J. M. Seymour
All Counterinsurgency is Local: Counterinsurgency and Rebel Legitimacy pp. 839-852: Andrew J. Gawthorpe
‘Legitimacy is the Main Objective’: Legitimation in Population-Centric Counterinsurgency pp. 853-866: Martijn Kitzen
From Rebel to Quasi-State: Governance, Diplomacy and Legitimacy in the Midst of Afghanistan’s Wars (1979–2001) pp. 867-886: Romain Malejacq
Subcontracting State-Building pp. 887-905: Abbey Steele and Jacob N. Shapiro
Notes on Contributors pp. 906-908: The Editors

Back to the future – people’s war in the 21st century pp. 409-425: Thomas A. Marks and Paul B. Rich
Revolutionary leadership as necessary element in people’s war: Shining Path of Peru pp. 426-450: David Scott Palmer
People’s war antithesis: Che Guevara and the mythology of Focismo pp. 451-487: Paul B. Rich
FARC, 1982–2002: criminal foundation for insurgent defeat pp. 488-523: Thomas A. Marks
Was FARC militarily defeated? pp. 524-545: Carlos Alberto Ospina Ovalle
Critical ingredient: US aid to counterinsurgency in Colombia pp. 546-575: Carlos G. Berrios
A double-edged sword: the people’s uprising in Ghazni, Afghanistan pp. 576-608: Matthew P. Dearing
The North Caucasus: from mass mobilization to international terrorism pp. 609-628: Elena Pokalova
Bolivia, a new model insurgency for the 21st century: from Mao back to Lenin pp. 629-660: David E. Spencer and Hugo Acha Melgar
The Sino-Indian War of 1962: New Perspectives pp. 661-662: David R. Stone
Missionaries of modernity. Advisory missions and the struggle for hegemony in Afghanistan and beyond pp. 662-665: Alex Marshall
Notes on Contributors pp. 666-667: The Editors

The Awakening Movement: A Narrative-level Study of Mobilization pp. 267-290: Allen Newton
Merits and Limits of Counter-ideological Work Against Terrorism: A Critical Appraisal pp. 291-308: Walid Jumblatt Abdullah
An Unlikely Alliance: Portuguese and South African Airpower in Angola, 1968–1974 pp. 309-336: John P. Cann and José Manuel Correia
Governmental Re-organization in Counterinsurgency Context: Foreign Policy Program Transfer and Operation Switchback in South Vietnam pp. 337-360: Jon Strandquist
‘A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut’? Naval Gunfire Support During the Malayan Emergency pp. 361-384: Steven Paget
How might Democratisation Affect Military Professionalism in Africa? Reviewing the Literature pp. 385-400: Colin Robinson
Collateral Damage: A Candid History of a Peculiar Form of Death; War and War Crimes: The Military, Legitimacy and Success in Armed Conflict pp. 401-404: Cian O’Driscoll
Ionian Vision: Greece in Asia Minor pp. 404-405: Matthew R. Schwonek
Notes on Contributors pp. 406-407: The Editors

Countering Insurgencies, Terrorism and Violent Extremism in South Asia pp. 1-11: Shanthie Mariet D’Souza
Counterinsurgency Challenge in Post-2001 Afghanistan pp. 12-33: Antonio Giustozzi
Insurgency and Violent Extremism in Pakistan pp. 34-56: Marvin G. Weinbaum
India: Fleeting Attachment to the Counterinsurgency Grand Strategy pp. 57-80: Bibhu Prasad Routray
Terrorism as Method in Nepali Maoist Insurgency, 1996–2016 pp. 81-118: Thomas A. Marks
Size Still Matters: Explaining Sri Lanka’s Counterinsurgency Victory over the Tamil Tigers pp. 119-165: Sameer P. Lalwani
Counter-Insurgency in Pakistan: The Role of Legitimacy pp. 166-190: Anatol Lieven
Bangladesh: The Changing Dynamics of Violent Extremism and the Response of the State pp. 191-217: Shahab Enam Khan
Brinkmanship, not COIN, in Pakistan’s post-9/11 Internal War pp. 218-232: Samir Puri
From Nationalism to Factionalism: Faultlines in the Naga Insurgency pp. 233-258: Namrata Panwar
Leo Strauss and the Invasion of Iraq: Encountering the Abyss pp. 259-262: Sarah Earnshaw
Notes on Contributors pp. 263-265: The Editors