Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War: Britain's counterinsurgency failure

by Hittle, J. B. E.

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Title Statements

Full title :Michael Collins and the Anglo-Irish War : Britain's counterinsurgency failure / J.B.E. Hittle.

Summary

As leader of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and then the Irish Republican Army (IRA), Michael Collins developed a bold, new strategy to use against the British administration of Ireland in the early twentieth century. His goal was to attack its well-established system of spies and informers, wear down British forces with a sustained guerrilla campaign, and force a political settlement that would lead to a free Irish Republic. This book reveals that the success of the Irish insurgency was not just a measure of Collins's revolutionary genius, as has often been claimed. British miscalculations, overconfidence, and a failure to mount a sustained professional intelligence effort to neutralize the IRA contributed to Britain's defeat. The author takes a fresh approach to the subject, presenting it as a case study in intelligence management under conditions of a broader counterinsurgency campaign. The lessons learned from this disastrous episode have stark relevance for contemporary national security managers and warfighters currently engaged in the war on terrorism. --from book description, Amazon.com.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2011.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Potomac Books
Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxv, 297 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781612341286, 1612341284
oclc:ocn809536881
LC Classification:DA965.C6
Dewey Decimal:941.5082/1

Subjects

Aufstand Biographies collective biographies Collins, Michael Command of troops Contre-rébellion -- Histoire -- 20e siè… Counterinsurgency Counterinsurgency -- History -- 20th ce… Electronic books Grande-Bretagne., Army Great Britain., Army History HISTORY -- Europe Insurgency Insurgency -- History -- 20th century. … Ireland Ireland -- History -- War of Independen… Irish Republican Army Irland Irland -- Aufstand (1920)