The Long War - Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Collapsing States (Paperback)

1. The Long War: Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Collapsing States  2. From 'Shock and Awe' to 'Hearts and Minds': The Fall and Rise of US Counterinsurgency Capability in Iraq  3. From Collapsing States to Neo-Trusteeship: The Limits to Solving the Problem of 'Precarious Statehood' in the 21st Century  4. Engaging or Withdrawing, Winning or Losing? The Contradictions of Counterinsurgency Policy in Afghanistan and Iraq  5. The Battle for Iraq: Islamic Insurgencies in Comparative Perspective  6. Less is More: The Problematic Future of Irregular Warfare in an Era of Collapsing States  7. Things Come Together: Symbolic Violence and Guerrilla Mobilisation  8. Things Fall Apart: The Endgame Dynamics of Internal Wars  9. The End of War as we Knew it? Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Lessons from the Forgotten History of Early Terror Networks  10. The Misleading Problem of Failed States: A 'Socio-Geography' of Terrorism in the Post-9/11 Era  11. Caudillos and the Crisis of the Colombian State: Fragmented Sovereignty, the War System and the Privatisation of Counterinsurgency in Colombia  12. The Insurgency of Global Empire and the Counterinsurgency of Local Resistance: New World Order in an Era of Civilian Provisional Authority  13. The Last Empire? From Nation-Building Compulsion to Nation-Wrecking Futility and Beyond  14. All Roads Lead to and from Iraq: The Long War and the Transformation of the Nation-State System