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Counterinsurgency or irregular warfare? Historiography and the study of 'small wars'/ Sibylle Scheipers

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In: Small Wars & Insurgencies Vol 25 No 5-6, Oct-Dec 2014, pp. 879-899 (97)Summary: This article argues that the history of irregular warfare provide a vauable analytical and critical perspective for the study of counterinsurgency campaigns and counterinsurgency doctrine. A focus on the history of irregular warfare highlights the close relationship between warfare in Europe and in the colonies. Moreover, it helps to identify the intersection of multiple factors that lead to an escalation of violence in small wars. Finally it also sheds light on the lack of strategic reflection on the use of irregular auxiliaries that is characteristic for many counterinsurgency campaigns.

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This article argues that the history of irregular warfare provide a vauable analytical and critical perspective for the study of counterinsurgency campaigns and counterinsurgency doctrine. A focus on the history of irregular warfare highlights the close relationship between warfare in Europe and in the colonies. Moreover, it helps to identify the intersection of multiple factors that lead to an escalation of violence in small wars. Finally it also sheds light on the lack of strategic reflection on the use of irregular auxiliaries that is characteristic for many counterinsurgency campaigns.

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