This timely and critical volume questions the effectiveness of Britain's 'hearts and minds' approach, challenging conventional counterinsurgency thinking by drawing on the expertise of regional and thematic specialists.

List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations The British Approach to Counterinsurgency: 'Hearts and Minds' from Malaya to Afghanistan?; P.Dixon Analysing British Counterinsurgency Beyond Hearts and Minds? Perspectives on Counterinsurgency; P.Dixon Britain's Vietnam Syndrome? Perspectives on British Counterinsurgency, the Media and Public Opinion; P.Dixon Bringing it all Back Home? The Militarisation of Britain and the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars; P.Dixon A Feminist Approach to British Counterinsurgency; C.Duncanson & H.Cornish Baha Mousa and the British Army in Iraq; H.Bennett Case Studies: Malaya to Afghanistan Using and Abusing the Past: The Malayan Emergency as Counterinsurgency Paradigm; K.Hack Dirty Wars: Counterinsurgency from Vietnam to Afghanistan; D.Hunt 'Hearts and Minds'? British Counterinsurgency Strategy in Northern Ireland; P.Dixon Counterinsurgency and Human Rights in Northern Ireland; B.Dickson Counterinsurgency amid Fragmentation: the British in Southern Iraq; G.Rangwala Countering the Afghan Insurgency: Three Lessons Learned; S.Cowper-Coles Conclusion: The Military and British Democracy; P.Dixon