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Title: Lessons for Contemporary Counterinsurgencies: The Rhodesian Experience/R-3998-A by Bruce Hoffman, Jennifer M. Taw, David Arnold ISBN: 0-8330-1123-5 Publisher: Rand Corporation Pub. Date: May, 1991 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb should be on the bookshelf of anyone involved in COIN
Comment: This is a textbook for how to fight insurgents, full of practical information, it discusses how a tiny army of an embargoed and isolated country effectively defeated a long lasting marxist insurgent movement through innovation and adaptable tactics.
While the book (actually more of a booklet) is a low budget presnetation ( a couple of drawings, a few maps) the value of the information presented is well worth the price. Its simply one of the best sources of information on the market about this topic and will prove invaluable to anyone researching COIN or LIC.
Rating: 4
Summary: A concise introduction to the war in Rhodesia.
Comment: Although brief, Hoffman describes the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the Rhodesians in combating the counterinsurgencies. Although the Rhodesians lost the political war they did a superb job in containing the insurgency. Rhodesia--crippled by the lack of white men--was able to introduce innovative techniques to counter the insurgencies. These innovative techniques are what Hoffman highlights and recommends that Armies intreseted in low intensity conflicts (LIC) adopt. Rhodesia was able to beat the insurgency by denying it two prerequisites of guerilla warfare--freedom of mobility and a freindly population. The Rhodesians, through their Special Air Service--modeled afer the British model--and the Rhodesian Light Infantry, organized small units that could conduct quick lightning strikes. Hoffman points out how public relations and Selous Scotts, a special eight man unit made up of former "turned" rebels, the Rhodesians were able to track down insurgents. Of special note in Hoffman's study, is the appendicies, which offer an insight into mine countermeseasures adopted by the Rhodesians, and a chornology of special operations conducted thourout the war. The mine segment is particularly helpful for African nations dealing with the pleathora of mines left over after various wars.
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Title: Pamwe Chete by Ron Reid-Daly ISBN: 191987433X Publisher: BHB International Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Parabat by Mathew Paul, Matthew Paul ISBN: 1919874119 Publisher: Covos-Day Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Tactical Tracking Operations by David Scott-Donelan ISBN: 1581600038 Publisher: Paladin Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry by C. J. Cocks ISBN: 0620215739 Publisher: Covos-Day Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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