African Blitzkrieg
Counterinsurgency campaigns are usually seen as long and costly operations with no real end in sight. Examples of this are both the US and Soviet Union's campaigns in Afghanistan. There is a lot of other examples where a superpower has been stumped by guerilla war. This study will examine Execu...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-fhs-101702021-07-13T05:23:48ZAfrican BlitzkriegsweHagström, AlbinFörsvarshögskolan2021Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specifiedÖvrig annan samhällsvetenskapCounterinsurgency campaigns are usually seen as long and costly operations with no real end in sight. Examples of this are both the US and Soviet Union's campaigns in Afghanistan. There is a lot of other examples where a superpower has been stumped by guerilla war. This study will examine Executive Outcomes successful counterinsurgency campaign against União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) in the Angolan civil war. David Kilcullens theory about success in counterinsurgency campaigns will be used as the theoretical framework. The results of the study show that Executive Outcomes followed four of the five parts of David Kilcullens theory. EOs success in Angola can be explained by Kilcullens theory but further study is needed. COIN, Executive Outcome, Angola, KilcullenStudent thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-10170application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Counterinsurgency campaigns are usually seen as long and costly operations with no real end in sight. Examples of this are both the US and Soviet Union's campaigns in Afghanistan. There is a lot of other examples where a superpower has been stumped by guerilla war. This study will examine Executive Outcomes successful counterinsurgency campaign against União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (UNITA) in the Angolan civil war. David Kilcullens theory about success in counterinsurgency campaigns will be used as the theoretical framework. The results of the study show that Executive Outcomes followed four of the five parts of David Kilcullens theory. EOs success in Angola can be explained by Kilcullens theory but further study is needed. === COIN, Executive Outcome, Angola, Kilcullen |
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Hagström, Albin |
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Hagström, Albin |
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African Blitzkrieg |
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African Blitzkrieg |
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African Blitzkrieg |
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African Blitzkrieg |
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African Blitzkrieg |
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african blitzkrieg |
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Försvarshögskolan |
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