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Iraq War, 2003-2011 --- Afghan War, 2001 --- -Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 --- Guerre en Afghanistan, 2001 --- -Campaigns --- Campaigns --- Campagnes et batailles --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Military policy. --- Politique militaire --- Guerre en Afghanistan, 2001-Campaigns --- Campagnes et bataillesGreat Britain --- Grande-BretagneMilitary policy. --- Guerre en Afghānistān, 2001 --- Afghan War, 2001-2021 --- Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 --- Campaigns.

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This indispensable book explains how courts are now part of the broader battlefield, deployed by both insurgents and state forces in a world convulsed by unconventional warfare.In most societies, courts are where the rubber of government meets the road of the people. If a state cannot settle disputes and enforce its decisions, to all intents and purposes it is no longer in charge. This is why successful rebels put courts and justice at the top of their agendas. Rebel Law explores this key weapon in the arsenal of insurgent groups, from the IRA’s ‘Republican Tribunals’ of the 1920s to Islamic State’s ‘Caliphate of Law’, via the ALN in Algeria of the ‘50s and 60s and the Afghan Taliban of recent years.Frank Ledwidge delineates the battle in such ungoverned spaces between counterinsurgents seeking to retain the initiative and the insurgent courts undermining them. Contrasting colonial judicial strategy with the chaos of stabilisation operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, he offers compelling lessons for today’s conflicts.

INSURGENCY--LAW AND LEGISLATION --- COUNTERINSURGENCY--LAW AND LEGISLATION --- JUSTICE, ADMINISTRATION OF --- CUSTOMARY LAW COURTS --- Sociology of law --- Polemology --- Insurgency --- Justice, Administration of --- Customary law courts

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ARMED FORCES -- 327.5 --- MILITARY POLICE -- 327.5 --- FOREIGN PARTICIPATION TO WAR -- 327.5 --- MILITARY STRATEGY -- 327.5 --- GREAT BRITAIN -- 327.5

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Aerial warfare which has dominated western war-making for over 100 years, and despite regular announcements of its demise, it shows no sign of becoming obsolete. Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of air warfare, introducing the major battles, crises, and controversies where air power has taken centre stage, and the changes in technology and air power capabilities over time. Highlighting the role played by air power in the First and Second World Wars, he also sheds light on the lesser-known theatres where the roles of air forces have been clearly decisive in conflicts, in Africa, South America, and Asia.00Along the way, Ledwidge asks key questions about the roles air power can deliver, and whether it is conceptually different from other forms of combat. Considering whether bombing has ever been truly effective, he discusses whether wars can be won from the air, and concludes by analysing whether there is a future for manned air power, or if it is inevitable that drones will dominate 21st century war in the air.

Air warfare. --- Airplanes, Military. --- 1900-1999

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This new edition of Frank Ledwidge’s eye-opening analysis of British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan unpicks the causes and enormous costs of military failure. Updated throughout, and with fresh chapters assessing and enumerating the overall military performance since 2011—including Libya, ISIS, and the Chilcot findings—Ledwidge shows how lessons continue to go unlearned. “A brave and important book; essential reading for anyone wanting insights into the dysfunction within the British military today, and the consequences this has on the lives of innocent civilians caught up in war.”—Times Literary Supplement

Afghan War, 2001-2021 --- Iraq War, 2003-2011 --- Strategic culture --- Campaigns --- Participation, British. --- Afghan War (2001-) --- Iraq War (2003-2011) --- 2000-2099 --- Great Britain --- Afghanistan --- Great Britain. --- Iraq. --- Iraq --- Armed Forces --- Operational readiness. --- Military policy --- History