How Long to Read The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency

How Long Does it Take to Read The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency by M.L.R. Smith

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Description

The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It assumes future wars will unfold as "low intensity" conflicts within rather than between states, requiring specialized military training and techniques. COIN is understood as a logical, effective, and democratically palatable method for confronting insurgency—a discrete set of practices that, through the actions of knowledgeable soldiers and under the guidance of an expert elite, creates lasting results. Through an extensive investigation into COIN's theories, methods, and outcomes, this book undermines enduring claims about COIN's success while revealing its hidden meanings and effects. Interrogating the relationship between counterinsurgency and war, the authors question the supposed uniqueness of COIN's attributes and try to resolve the puzzle of its intellectual identity. Is COIN a strategy, a doctrine, a theory, a military practice, or something else? Their analysis ultimately exposes a critical paradox within COIN: while it ignores the vital political dimensions of war, it is nevertheless the product of a misplaced ideological faith in modernization.

How long is The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency?

The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency by M.L.R. Smith is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency aloud.

What Reading Level is The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency?

The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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