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Hot war, cold comfort: a less optimistic take on the British military in Afghanistan / Betz, David; Cormack, Anthony

Betz, David	Journal Article
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Publication	2009.
Summary/Abstract	Contesting the view that British forces have successfully adapted to the unique challenges posed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, David Betz and Anthony Coumack respond to Theo Farrell and Stuart Gordon's article published in the last issue of the journal. Their pessimistic analysis highlights continuing problems with British strategy and key structural impediments to improvement

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Taliban ; British Military - Afghanistan ; Afghanistan - British Military ; Cold War

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Iraq, Afghanistan and British strategy / Bets, David; Cormack, Anthony

Bets, David	Journal Article
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2009.

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Until recently, the British were considered to have an unusally high aptitude for counterinsurgency. In contrast with other major armies of the world, the British Army has a record of relative success in this for of warfare. In staff colleges worldwide when the syllabus turns to counterinsurgency it is C.E. callwell's work on small wars, as well as post war quasi-docrtinal British books by the likes of Robert Thompson and Frank Kitson, that form the canon

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Counterinsurgency ; Iraq ; Afghanistan ; Britain

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