Reconfiguring Intervention Complexity, Resilience and the 'Local Tur
This edited volume critically assesses emerging trends in contemporary warfare and international interventionism as exemplified by the ‘local turn’ in counterinsurgent warfare. It asks how contemporary counterinsurgency approaches work and are legitimized
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Complexity, Resilience and the ‘Local Turn’ in Counterinsurgent Warfare Edited by Louise Wiuff Moe & Markus-Michael Müller
Reconfiguring Intervention
Louise Wiuff Moe • Markus-Michael Müller Editors
Reconfiguring Intervention Complexity, Resilience and the ‘Local Turn’ in Counterinsurgent Warfare
Editors Louise Wiuff Moe Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
Markus-Michael Müller Freie Universität (FU) Berlin Berlin, Germany
ISBN 978-1-137-58876-0 ISBN 978-1-137-58877-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58877-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016950462 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover image © 615 collection / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
Acknowledgments
This book started with a personal conversation at the International Studies Association (ISA) convention 2014 in icy Toronto during which the two of us discovered, and were puzzled by, the similarities of counterinsurgency efforts ‘going local’ in Latin America and Africa. This curiosity translated into a panel that brought together several of the contributors to this volume at the next ISA meeting in New Orleans. We want to thank Roger Mac Ginty, our discussant at ISA, for his comments and his interest in publishing this book in Palgrave Macmillan’s Rethinking Political Violence series. We are, moreover, thankful for the invaluable research assistance by Carmen Altmeyer and her help with the final preparations of the manuscript. Thanks are also due to Forrest Kilimnik for his language editing. We moreover w
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