Understanding Insurgent Resilience: Organizational Structures and the Implications for Counterinsurgency...

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Andrew Henshaw

Understanding Insurgent Resilience

Organizational Structures and the Implications for Counterinsurgency

Andrew Henshaw

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English

Routledge
27 May 2024

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Military history; Terrorism, armed struggle; Warfare & defence

Series: Cass Military Studies

This book examines terrorist and insurgent organisations and seeks to understand how such groups persist for so long, while introducing a new strategic doctrine for countering these organisations.

The work discusses whether familial or meritocratic insurgencies are more resilient to counterinsurgency pressures. It argues that it is not the type of organization that determines resilience, but rather the efficiency functions of social capital and trust, which have different natures and forms, within them. It finds that while familial insurgencies can challenge incumbents from the start, they weaken over time, whereas meritocracies will generally strengthen. The book examines four of the most enduring and lethal insurgent organizations: the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan, Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan, Jemaah Islamiyah in Indonesia, and the Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines. The author breaks down each group into its formative strengths and vulnerabilities and presents a bespoke model of strategic counterintelligence that can be used to manipulate, degrade and destroy each organization.

This book will be of much interest to students of counterinsurgency, terrorism, intelligence, security and defence studies in general.

By: Andrew Henshaw
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780367494278
ISBN 10: 0367494272
Series: Cass Military Studies
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Part I: Introduction to Insurgency and the Function of Organizations 1. Introduction 2. The Foundations of Resilience Part II: Real World Analysis 3. The Haqqani Network 4. Lashkar-e-Taiba 5. Jemaah Islamiyah 6. Abu Sayyaf 7. Findings Part III: A New Approach 8. Strategic Counterintelligence

Andrew D. Henshaw is an independent advisor to governments on defence and intelligence issues. He has 27 years’ experience in military Special Forces and Counterintelligence operations and has a PhD from Macquarie University, Australia.