TY - BOOK AU - JACKSON Ashley TI - British counter-insurgency in history: a useful precedent? PY - 2006/// KW - BRITAIN KW - COUNTERINSURGENCY N2 - Challenges the "doctrinal and academic orthodoxy regarding British counter-insurgency prowess" that is based on a particular view of British principles such as minimum force, hearts and minds, and the legal conduct of operations. The British Army certainly gained extensive experience but the role of other parties and adherence to other principles in colonial wars should not be ignored, and more attention should be given to the "lessons not learned" ER -