This new handbook provides a wide-ranging overview of the current state of academic analysis and debate on insurgency and counterinsurgency, as well as an up-to-date survey of contemporary insurgent movements and counterinsurgencies. In order to contain this wide-ranging topic within an accessible and informative framework, the editors have divided the text into three key parts: 1. Theoretical and analytical issues 2. Insurgent movements 3. Counterinsurgency cases.

Part 1. The historiography of insurgency, Rethinking insurgency, Changing forms of insurgency:pirates, narco gangs and failed states, Cyberspace and insurgency, Whither counterinsurgency: the rise and fall of a divisive concept, Counterinsurgency and peace operations, Insurgency, counterinsurgency and policing, Intelligence-gathering, special operations and air strikes in modern counterinsurgency, Ethics in counterinsurgency, Counterinsurgency: the state of a controversial art. Part 2. Insurgent movements in Africa, Insurgency in Iraq 2003-2010, Hezbollah and Hamas:Islamic insurgents with nationalist causes, Insurgency in Southeast Asia, Insurgencies in India, Insurgency in Afghanistan, Insurgent movements in Pakistan, Post-Cold War insurgency and counterinsurgency in Latin America. Part 3. Trends in American counterinsurgency, Israeli counterinsurgency: the never-ending "whack-a-mole', From Belfast to Lashkar Gar via Basra: British counterinsurgency today, Counterinsurgency in a non-democratic state: The Russian Example, Counterinsurgency in India, Counterinsurgency in Sri Lanka: a successful model?, Counterinsurgency in Pakistan, China's society-centric counterterrorism approach in Xinjiang, South African counterinsurgency: a historiographical overview, Insurgency and counterinsurgency: some conclusions.