Governance, identity, and counterinsurgency : (Record no. 78082)

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020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 1584875674
020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 9781584875673
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Original cataloging library AWC
Modifying library OSU
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Language code eng
100 1# - AUTHOR
Personal name Fitzsimmons, M.
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Title Governance, identity, and counterinsurgency :
Subtitle evidence from Ramadi and Tal Afar /
Author, etc Michael Fitzsimmons
260 ## - PUBLICATION DATA
Place of publication Carlisle, PA :
Publisher U.S. Army War College Press,
Year 2013
300 ## - PAGES ETC
Pages xv, 166 p. :
Details ill., map ;
Dimensions 23 cm
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General note SIP1305
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General note "March 2013."
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
About the authors Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-161)
505 0# - CONTENTS
Contents 1. Analyzing governance and identity politics in counterinsurgency -- 2. Ramadi (September 2004 to July 2005) -- 3. Tal Afar (May 2005 to February 2006) -- 4. Conclusions and implications.
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Summary, etc The premise of most Western thinking on counterinsurgency is that success depends on establishing a perception of legitimacy among local populations. The path to legitimacy is often seen as the improvement of governance in the form of effective and efficient administration of government and public services. However, good governance is not the only possible basis for claims to legitimacy. The author considers whether, in insurgencies where ethno-religious identities are salient, claims to legitimacy may rest more on the identity of who governs, rather than on how whoever governs governs. This monograph presents an analytic framework for examining these issues and then applies that framework to two detailed local case studies of American counterinsurgency operations in Iraq: Ramadi from 2004-05; and Tal Afar from 2005-06. These case studies are based on primary research, including dozens of interviews with participants and eyewitnesses. The cases yield ample evidence that ethno-religious identity politics do shape counterinsurgency outcomes in important ways, and also offer qualified support for the argument that addressing identity politics may be more critical than good governance to counterinsurgent success. Key policy implications include the importance of making strategy development as sensitive as possible to the dynamics of identity politics, and to local variations and complexity in causal relationships among popular loyalties, grievances, and political violence.
650 #7 - KEYWORD
Keyword counterinsurgency
Geographic subdivision Iraq
-- Tall ʻAfar
-- Ramādī
651 #7 - KEYWORD/GEOGRAPHIC
Geographic keyword USA
Subdivision military operations
Geographic subdivision Iraq
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Uncontrolled keyword case studies
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Institution US Army War College.
Subordinate unit Strategic Studies Institute, SSI
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Institution US Army War College.
Subordinate unit Press
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Classification part 323.27 Fitzsimmons
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URI http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1150
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Koha item type monograph
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