"Examines how governments succeed against an armed, organized, persistent political challenge from their own people. It argues that compellence, the use and threat of force, explains and predicts counterinsurgency success as the result of government accommodation of rival political and armed elites, which gains the government information necessary to target the insurgency militarily; and the forceful control of civilians, which disrupts the flow of resources to the insurgency"-- Provided by publisher.

Counterinsurgency Warfare Is Like Eating Soup with a Chainsaw -- Success in Counterinsurgency -- Not The Wars You're Looking For : Malaya, Greece, the Philippines -- A New Laboratory : Dhofar, Oman -- Costly Success : El Salvador -- How Much Does the Compellence Theory Explain? Turkey and the PKK -- The Costs of Counterinsurgency Success.