"From the Zionist Revolt in Palestine at the end of the Second World War to the Provisional IRA's campaign in Northern Ireland, the British State has been involved in fighting guerrilla war and rebellion. British Counterinsurgency examines the revolts against British rule in Palestine, Malaya, Kenya, Cyprus, Aden and South Yemen, Oman and Northern Ireland, and the methods the British used to fight them. It considers why the British were successful in Malaya, Kenya and Oman, why they failed in Palestine and South Yeman, and the reasons for the compromise settlements in Cyprus and Northern Ireland.

1At War with Zion -- 3 -- Exercising the Mandate -- 3 -- LEHI and IZL -- 6 -- 'Saison' -- 9 -- Jewish revolt -- 11 -- Insurgency grows -- 14 -- British response -- 15 -- Cracking down -- 19 -- Montgomery -- 20 -- Failure of repression -- 22 -- A free hand -- 27 -- Hangings -- 28 -- 2 Running Dog War -- 31 -- Occupation and resistance -- 32 -- British return -- 34 -- Constitutional road -- 37 -- State of Emergency -- 41 -- Briggs Plan -- 45 -- Templer -- 52 -- Breakthrough -- 55 -- Communist defeat -- 57 -- 3 Mau Mau Revolt -- 60 -- Kikuyu and revolution -- 61 -- State of Emergency -- 67 -- Operation Anvil -- 72 -- Reform -- 75 -- Scale of the repression -- 76 -- Not yet Uhuru -- 81 -- 4 Cyprus and EOKA -- 84 -- Fortress colony -- 84 -- Makarios and enosis -- 87 -- Grivas and EOKA -- 89 -- Revolt begins -- 91 -- Harding -- 94 -- EOKA offensive -- 98 -- On the run -- 100 -- Foot arrives -- 103 -- A victory of sorts? -- 106 -- 5 Struggle for South Yemen -- 108 -- Aden and the Federation -- 109 -- Revolution in North Yemen -- 112 -- Radfan campaign -- 114 -- Rebellion in Aden -- 118 -- Decision to withdraw -- 123 -- War on the streets -- 124 -- Mutiny -- 126 -- 6 Unknown Wars: Oman and Dhofar -- 132 -- A medieval tyranny -- 132 -- Jebel Akhdar -- 136 -- Enter the SAS -- 138 -- Dhofar war -- 140 -- A model counterinsurgency campaign -- 142 -- Battle of Mirbat -- 145 -- Pacification and defeat -- 148 -- 7 Long War: Northern Ireland, 1969-97 -- 151 -- Troubles begin -- 151 -- Catholic revolt -- 155 -- Road to war -- 158 -- Cracking down -- 160 -- Provisional offensive -- 163 -- Internment and 'Bloody Sunday' -- 164 -- Counterinsurgency in Northern Ireland -- 167 -- Fall of Stormont -- 170 -- Power-sharing -- 172 -- Ulsterisation -- 178 -- Hunger strikes -- 182 -- Anglo-Irish Agreement -- 185 -- Dirty war goes on -- 187 -- Bombing Britain -- 190 -- Road to ceasefire -- 191.