TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Winning hearts and minds to lose control: exploring various consequences of popular support in counterinsurgency missions
JO  - Small wars and insurgencies
A1  - Katagiri, Nori
SP  - 170
EP  - 195
VL  - 22
IS  - 1
N2  - The strategy of 'winning hearts and minds' is considered key to successful counterinsurgency, but it often works at the expense of political control over the course of war. This happens when the strategy requires the counterinsurgent to work with a local nationalist group that takes advantage of its lack of access to civilians. This exposes the counterinsurgent to a dilemma inherent in the strategy; because working with the group is a crucial part of the strategy, victory would be impossible without it. Yet when the strategy is implemented through the group, it compromises the policy it serves. I show how this dilemma undermined British political control during the Malayan Emergency.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0959-2318
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2011.546610
ID  - ref1
ER  -