| ID | 089841 |
| Title Proper | Cousins counter-insurgency wars |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Donnelly, Thomas |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | By 2008, in the face of mounting criticism of the British performance in Iraq and clear evidence that the US surge was 'working', the transatlantic debate on small wars had been inverted: 'Basra' had supplanted 'Malaya' as shorthand for British skill in irregular warfare; it was now the Americans who seemed the masters of modern counter-insurgency and the British the students in need of instruction. The author examines what this apparent role reversal - and the accompanying 'family feud' - really says about Anglophone armies. |
| `In' analytical Note | Rusi Journal Vol. 154, No. 3; Jun 2009: p4-9 |
| Journal Source | Rusi Journal Vol. 154, No. 3; Jun 2009: p4-9 |
| Key Words | Counter-insurgency ; United States ; United Kingdom ; Relations |