Counterinsurgency in paradise : seven decades of civil war in the Philippines /

Counterinsurgency in paradise : seven decades of civil war in the Philippines /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Morris, Aaron (Military historian), author.
Imprint:	Solihull, West Midlands : Helion & Company Limited, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource (72 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Asia@War ; Volume 1 Asia@War ; Volume 1.
Subject:	Philippines. -- Armed Forces -- History. Philippines. -- Armed Forces Counterinsurgency -- Philippines. Counterinsurgency Philippines -- History -- 1946-1986. Philippines -- History -- 1986- Philippines -- History, Military -- 20th century. Philippines History Military history
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13585543

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ISBN:	1913118096 9781913118099
Notes:	Cover title. Includes bibliographical references (page 71). Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"Besty known in the USA as a former colony and exotic tourist attraction, the Republic of the Philippines has seen civil unrest, insurgencies and separatism movements since independence in 1946. ... While previous publications have discussed human rights issues, the Huk Revolt of the 1940s and 1950s, the military unrest in the 1980s, and the socio-political structure of various rebel movements in the Philippines, this is the first major work excvlusively covering the military history of the Philippines in the 70 years of independence. The insurgency of the Huks, and early Moro separatist rebels, the Moro and Marxist revolts against Marcos' dictatorship, and the counter-terrorism operations of recent times, are discussed in relation to the transformation of the military threat and the corresponding transformation of the AFP, from a conventional military, towards the deployment of elite forces and extra-judicial means to suppress a series of revolts which have threatened the integrity of the state."--Back cover.
Other form:	Print version: 1910294063

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations
Prequel
Huk revolt
Arming for the wrong war
Communist and Moro uprisings
Corruption, incompetence and poverty
Counting coups
Never-ending wars
Pursuit of terrorists
BIFF, back to the past
Conclusion
Selected bibliography
Acknowledgments
About the author.