Counterinsurgency

Readings

Required

For Monday:

• read section “ASPECTS OF COUNTERINSURGENCY” in Counterinsurgency field manual, (Pages 1:19 through 1:29, look at bottom-right of page)

For Wednesday:

•  (Siegel 2011)
•  (Carey and Mitchell 2017)

Recommended

• (Valentino, Huth, and Balch-Lindsay 2004)
• (Berman, Shapiro, and Felter 2011)
• (Condra and Shapiro 2012)

Slides

• Day 1 slides here
• Day 2 slides here

References

Berman, Eli, Jacob N Shapiro, and Joseph H Felter. 2011. “Can Hearts and Minds Be Bought? The Economics of Counterinsurgency in Iraq.” Journal of Political Economy 119 (4): 766–819.

Carey, Sabine C., and Neil J. Mitchell. 2017. “Progovernment Militias.” Annual Review of Political Science 20: 127–47. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051915-045433.

Condra, Luke N., and Jacob N. Shapiro. 2012. “Who Takes the Blame? The Strategic Effects of Collateral Damage.” American Journal of Political Science 56 (1): 167–87.

Siegel, David A. 2011. “When Does Repression Work?: Collective Action in Social Networks.” Journal of Politics 73 (4): 993–1010.

Valentino, Benjamin, Paul Huth, and Dylan Balch-Lindsay. 2004. “‘Draining the Sea’: Mass Killing and Guerrilla Warfare.” International Organization 58 (2): 375–407.