Contemporary, NON-western insurgency/COIN literature or manuals

[c_warner]

Thank you Simon for your reply and interest...

As of now, my time frame for this project runs toward the end of August but that is not a firm deadline right now.

As for the sources, I am interested in COIN material similar to FM 3-24 as well as more broad sources that may inform about irregular warfare techniques. I'm trying to look at COIN methodology and theory from the opposite perspective coming from the mountain literature recently developed over the past decade in western professional communities. I would be especially interest in, for example, Iranian articles or "monograph" equivalent concerning their mindset on insurgency/COIN.

Thanks again...looking forward to seeing what you might come up with. I will certainly examine the WW II analysis you included here.

[davidbfpo]

C_Warner posted:

I would be especially interest in, for example, Iranian articles or "monograph" equivalent concerning their mindset on insurgency/COIN.

The Iranians have to my limited knowledge fought insurgencies three times; in Kurdistan, although this was mainly a conventional war; against Arab speakers in the south-east (which led to an incident in London long ago) and as part of a coalition in Dhofar Province, Oman - with a brigade helping.

I have read a few books on the Oman, but they concentrate on the Anglo-Omani aspects. Might there be sources not in English, or even in Oman?

[c_warner]

C_Warner posted:

The Iranians have to my limited knowledge fought insurgencies three times; in Kurdistan, although this was mainly a conventional war; against Arab speakers in the south-east (which led to an incident in London long ago) and as part of a coalition in Dhofar Province, Oman - with a brigade helping.

I have read a few books on the Oman, but they concentrate on the Anglo-Omani aspects. Might there be sources not in English, or even in Oman?

I would agree with your outline of Iranian COIN efforts - was hoping to find any documents or AARs that might have stemmed from some of those actions. In Persian or English.

Can you be more specific about the "Anglo-Omani" aspects of the books concerning Oman? Thanks for your interest.

[davidbfpo]

C-Warner asked:

Can you be more specific about the "Anglo-Omani" aspects of the books concerning Oman? Thanks for your interest.

The focus of the books and articles seen has been on the Dhofar campaign being a truly 'Small War', in an Arab, Muslim country with a long history of British involvement and with British officers in command.

I can only put my hand on one book now, 'SAS Operation Oman by Tony Jeapes, pub. 1980, which has nine references to the Iranians - nothing on any separate Iranian COIN approach, they were under Oman's command exercised by British officers.

One of the British commanders John Akehurst wrote a book 'We Won a War', pub. 1982 and one RUSI Journal reviewer noted:

The book is kind to the Iranian forces, whose contribution was of great importance. But their operational shortcomings are not concealed..

The last published book I've noted was 'In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency', pub. 2006, by a then young British officer, Ian Gardiner; it had good reviews in RUSI Journal, but I have not read it.

[SJPONeill]

Found this in my library while looking for something else (ain't it always the way?)

Artillery and counterinsurgency - the Soviet experience in Afghanistan

[davidbfpo]

Thanks to the Kiwi.

There is a thread on the Soviet experience in Afghanistan, no manuals IIRC, but plenty of help:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=9483

[SJPONeill]

http://www.cavr-timorleste.org/chega...inalReportEng/

This one might provide some insights into the philosophies employed by Indonesia during its occupation of Eats Timor 1976-99, although it is written from the perspective of the local population...