This book explores the theoretical and practical contributions made by a selection of 'warrior-scholars' of different nationalities, providing a platform for deeper debate on the issue of counterinsurgency in warfare.

Andrew Mumford is Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, UK, and author of The Counter-Insurgency Myth: British Irregular Warfare Since World War II (Routledge 2011).

Bruno C. Reis is a post-doctoral researcher at ICS, Lisbon and at King's College, London, and has an PhD in War Studies (2008).

Introduction: Introducing Warrior Scholars, Carlos Gaspar 1. Constructing and Deconstructing Warrior-Scholars, Andrew Mumford and Bruno C.Reis 2. Warrior Scholarship in the Age of Colonial Warfare: Charles E. Callwell and Small Wars, Daniel Whittingham 3. David Galula and Roger Trinquier: Two Warrior-Scholars, One French Late Colonial Counterinsurgency?, Bruno C. Reis 4. Warrior-Scholars in the United States Marine Corps: From the Small Wars in the Caribbean to the 'Three Block War' and Beyond, David Strachan-Morris 5. A Very Sharp Eye: Moshe Dayan's Counterinsurgency Legacy in Israel, Eitan Shamir 6. Low Intensity Operations in Theory and Practice: General Sir Frank Kitson as Warrior-Scholar, Huw Bennett and Rory Cormac 7. Warrior Scholarship in the Age of Globalised Insurgency: The Work of David Kilcullen, Andrew Mumford 8. Counterinsurgency American Style: David Petraeus and Twenty-First Century War, James A. Russell