If someone really wants to understand where Mackinlay is coming from, look at this paper here.
IMO, reflects the classic problem of wanting to believe that there is something called insurgency, which is somehow a distinct form of conflict and somehow it is hard to understand and paradoxical.
Thus we have nonsensical ideas like "Complex Insurgency" and "global insurgency." All in all, not helpful.
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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