The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945-1967

In this seminal reassessment of the historical foundation of British counter doctrine and practice, David French challenges our understanding that in the two decades after 1945 the British discovered a kinder and gentler way of waging war amongst the people.

David French was at the University of York and the War Studies Department at King's College London. He spent 27 years at University College London before taking early retirement in 2008 to become a full-time writer. Professor French is the author of six previous books, and has been the recipient of the Arthur Goodzeit Prize of the New York Military Affairs Symposium. He is a three-time winner of the Templer Medal awarded by the Society for Army Historical Research. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Historical Association, and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Strategic Studies, and the Council of the Army Records Society.

Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1: The Colonial State
2: Gangsters, Thugs, and Bandits: the Enemies of the Colonial State
3: The Legal Context and Counter-insurgency by Committee
4: Varieties of Coercion: Exemplary Force, Counter-terrorism, and Population Control
5: Britain's "Dirty Wars"?
6: Winning Hearts and Minds
7: Counter-insurgency and the Learning Curve
8: The Problems of Sustainability
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index