Research Catalog

Title

War and insurgency in the Western Sahara / Geoffrey Jensen.

Author

Jensen, Geoffrey, 1965-

Publication

Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.
• Army War College (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Description

xii, 89 pages; 23 cm

Summary

At a crucial crossroads between Africa and Europe, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and the "Arab World" and the West, Morocco has long had a special place in U.S. diplomacy and strategic planning. Since September 11, 2001, Morocco's importance to the United States has only increased, and the more recent uncertainties of the Arab Spring and Islamist extremism have further increased the value of the Moroccan-American alliance. Yet one of the pillars of the legitimacy of the Moroccan monarchy, its claim to the Western Sahara, remains a point of violent contention. Home to the largest functional military barrier in the world, the Western Sahara has a long history of colonial conquest and resistance, guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency, and evolving strategic thought, and its future may prove critical to U.S. interests in the region.

Subject

• Polisario
• Since 1975
• Insurgency > Western Sahara
• Counterinsurgency > Western Sahara
• Counterinsurgency
• Insurgency
• Diplomatic relations
• Politics and government
• Strategic aspects of individual places
• Uppror
• Upprorsbekämpning
• Militärhistoria
• Internationella relationer
• Western Sahara > Politics and government > 1975-
• Western Sahara > History, Military
• Western Sahara > Strategic aspects
• United States > Foreign relations > Morocco
• Morocco > Foreign relations > United States
• Morocco
• United States
• Western Sahara
• USA > foreign policy > Morocco
• Western Sahara > counterinsurgency > insurgency > military history > strategy

Genre/Form

Military history.

Note

• "May 2013."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-89).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online in PDF format from Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) web site.

Contents

Introduction -- The role of geography -- Ideologies and organizations -- Insurgency and counterinsurgency : military methods and developments -- Recommendations.

ISBN

• 1584875690
• 9781584875697

LCCN

2013433948

OCLC

• ocn844962882
• 844962882
• SCSB-1694833

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library