Defending the realm? —— The politics of Britain’s small wars since 1945

----- 保护大不列颠王国？1945以来，英国小型战争的政治

ISBN: 9780719096594 出版年：2017 页码：336 Manchester University Press

Britain is often revered for its extensive experience of waging 'small wars'. its long imperial history is littered with high profile counter-insurgency campaigns, thus marking it out as the world's most seasoned practitioner of this type of warfare. this is the first book to detail the tactical and operational dynamics of britain's small wars, arguing that the military's use of force was more heavily constrained by wider strategic and political considerations than previously admitted. outlining the civil-military strategy followed by the british in palestine, malaya, kenya, cyprus, aden, northern ireland, iraq and afghanistan, defending the realm?, available for the first time in paperback, argues that britain's small wars since 1945 were fought against the backdrop of an irrevocable decline in british power.