Found this in my library while looking for something else (ain't it always the way?)
Artillery and counterinsurgency - the Soviet experience in Afghanistan
Found this in my library while looking for something else (ain't it always the way?)
Artillery and counterinsurgency - the Soviet experience in Afghanistan
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
davidbfpo
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...
Thanks to everyone for the input...it has generated some fresh material for me to look into. The Soviet experiences look particularly interesting.
I'd look no further than Sri Lanka, although it is argued that the fight against the LTTE was less about classical COIN and more about unrestricted counterinsurgent business (the third link down is important to note and review). Although these are less the literature you may be looking for and more news pieces, hopefully it generates leads for further research:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...581490#preview
http://stupidest.wordpress.com/2009/...terinsurgency/
http://www.futuredirections.org.au/f...bruary2010.pdf
http://harvardnsj.org/2011/06/think-...rom-sri-lanka/
http://www.idsa.in/event/SriLankaStr...rismExperience
http://news.rediff.com/column/2010/j...operations.htm
http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=ltte
http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=ltte
The Sri Lankan situation needs to be put in the right context of the cost of such a "victory" in order to glean relevant knowledge..Now that the LTTE has been comprehensively defeated, how would you put it in the context of the Tamil ethnic struggle?
The struggle for Tamil equality and justice for Tamils did not start with the LTTE and will not end with LTTE. I am not saying that the LTTE has come to an end. But the Sri Lankan government claims to have dealt a comprehensive military defeat.
If indeed their top leadership has been killed that will be a major setback for the LTTE. The struggle for equality and justice of the Tamil-speaking people is very legitimate and has existed even before the LTTE came.
Last edited by jcustis; 05-26-2012 at 02:52 PM.
I am in possession of a 3 volume set of pamphlets (in Arabic) published by Fatah between 1980 and 1983 on military tactics and operations, with a heavy focus on insurgency. However, there's really nothing new to be found in 'em, as the content is built around well-known and widely published leftist insurgency theory from that late Cold War period.
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