The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It assumes future wars will unfold as 'low intensity' conflicts within rather than between states, requiring specializied military training and techniques. COIN is understood as a logical, effective, and democratically palatable method for confronting insurgency - a discreate set of practices that, through the actions of knowledgeable soldiers and under the guidance of an expert elite, creates lasting results. Through an extensive investigation into COIN's theories, methods, and outcomes, this book undermines enduring claims about COIN's success while revealing its hidden meanings and effects.

What is counterinsurgency mean to counter? : The puzzle of insurgency -- Counterinsurgency and strategy : problems and paradoxes -- Counterinsurgency and the ideology of modernization -- The paradoxes of counterinsurgency and globalization -- The illusion of tradition : myths and paradoxes of British counterinsurgency -- The puzzle of counterinsurgency and escalation.

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