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Distant Thunder: Patterns of Conflict in the Developing World
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Distant Thunder: Patterns of Conflict in the Developing World

by Donald M. Snow. 234 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Donald M. Snow

Publisher:

   M. E. Sharpe

Place of Publication:

  Armonk, NY  

Publication Year:

  1997
Subjects:   Political Violence--Developing Countries, Insurgency--Developing Countries, Terrorism--Developing Countries, Developing Countries--Foreign Relations
Table of contents
Contents
Preface vii
Chapter 1: The Changing Face of Violent Conflict 3
The Revolutions of 1989: Causes and Effects 4
Impact of the End of the Cold War 9
Third World Conflict without an East-West Overlay 13
South-South and North-South Conflict and the New World Order 19
Conclusion 23
Chapter 2: Second Tier Problems in a First Tier-Dominated World 25
The Crisis of Legitimacy and Authority 27
Economic and Social Causes of Conflict 33
Patterns of Second Tier Conflict 44
Conclusion 55
Chapter 3: The Venerable Foe: Insurgency 57
The Roots of Insurgency: Underlying Causes 59
The "Poor Man's War": A Historical Perspective 66
Mobile-Guerrilla Warfare 72
Insurgency as Conventional War Inverted 77
Conclusion 83
Chapter 4: The Intractable Nemesis: Counterinsurgency 86
The Basic Difficulty: "There Is a Problem Here" 88
The Political Dimension: Centers of Gravity and Hearts and Minds 94
The Military Dimension: Shooting the Symptoms and the Brushfire Corollary 100
The American Approach to Counterinsurgency 105
Conclusion 109
Chapter 5: New Internal War 113
Comparing New Internal War and Insurgency 115
The Political and Military Dimensions of New Internal War 119
New Internal War and the Maoist/Clausewitzian Framework 129
Intervention in New Internal Wars 133
Conclusion 139
Chapter 6: The Other Challenges: Counternarcotics, Counterterrorism, and Regional Conflict 141
Different Problems, Different Solutions 143
Counternarcotics: "Fighting" the War on Drugs 146
Counterterrorism: The Frustration of Ends and Means 154
Regional Conflict: An Old Problem with New Teeth 161
Conclusion 171
Chapter 7: Cases in Point: Sendero Luminoso and Restore Hope 172
Shining Path and Coca: The Battleground of the War on Drugs 173
Operation Restore Hope: Collective Failure in the New World Order? 186
Conclusion 197
Chapter 8: Distant Thunder or Siren's Call? 198
Features of the New International Environment 200
Ongoing Second Tier Problems 205
The "New World Order"? 209
The American Response to the New Order 212
Bibliography 219
Index 227
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