BOOK REVIEW ON

INSURGENCY, TERRORISM, &

CRIME

LT BIBEK KOIRALA
SHREE SHER BN
 SEQUENCE OF THE PRESENTATION
 ABOUT THE BOOK
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 OBJECTIVES OF WRITING THE BOOK
 CONTENT REVIEW
 MULTIPLE CONFLICT SYNDROME
 TRANSFERING WAR INTO SUPER INSURGENCY
 AL QAEDA’S APPROACH TO ASYMMETRIC WARFARE
 SOVEREIGNTY UNDER SIEGE
 AN UNORTHODOX MILITARY MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF POWER
 FROM DEFEAT TO POWER IN FOUR HARD LESSONS
 REFLECTIONS ON THE SUCCESSFUL ITALIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORT
 STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE BOOK
 RELEVANCE TO NEPALI ARMY
 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
 AIM

TO ACQUIENT ABOUT THE CONTENT OF

THE BOOK INSURGENCY, TERRORISM, &
CRIME
 ABOUT THE BOOK
Title of the book: Insurgency, Terrorism, And Crime

Author: Max G. Manwaring

Published By: Adarsh Book

Published Date:2010

Total Pages: 290

Total Chapters: 7

Brief Introduction of the Book

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Studied national Security for forty Years

Former Colonel in US Army

Professor of Mil Strategy in US Army War College

Author of Numerous Books including Uncomfortable War Revisited

 OBJECTIVES OF WRITING THE BOOK
Analyze various aspects of insurgency, terrorism and crime
Understanding and combating Al Qaeda and other contemporary
security threats
Examine the emergence of non-state actors in a geopolitical world
Analyze the context, conduct, and outcome of today’s irregular
wars
Guide to national security in asymmetric warfare
 CONTENT REVIEW
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK

Book depicts strategies related to contemporary warfare

War is not only between states but also non-state actors

Illustrates non-state actors challenging single nation-state

Model for counter of insurgency, terrorism, asymmetric warfare

Superior fire power is no superior to asymmetric warfare

 MULTIPLE CONFLICT SYNDROME
Columbian Insurgency

FARC Maoist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has few Battles

Intent is to liberate and mobilize the disaffected and dispossessed population into an
alternative society

Adopted method of torture, assassination, kidnapping, extortion, intimidation and

other terrorist tactics

Colombian military emerged as a powerful, flexible organization

Build strategy for successful Counter Insurgency Due to good civil-mil relation
 TRANSFERING WAR INTO SUPER
INSURGENCY
Situation of Iraq, Afghanistan, Congo, Palestinian territories

Conflict at four levels Political, strategic, operational and tactical

Forth generation warfare

Helpful to examine the linkage among security, stability, development, democracy

and sovereignty

Protection from both internal and external non-state actors

Modern world power lost to Forth Generation warfare

 AL QAEDA’S APPROACH TO
ASYMMETRIC WARFARE
Multidimensional paradigm for political-terrorist war and

Al Qaeda’s approach to asymmetric warfare

Political historical background of Al-Qaeda

Three different types of war- military, economic and cultural moral

Addition of the economic, cultural, informational components gave relative advantage to

Al Qaeda
 SOVEREIGNTY UNDER SIEGE
 Gangs and other criminal organization in Central America and Mexico

 clash of civilizations in America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Middle East

 The evolution of street gangs

 explains about three generations of gangs, organization, motives and level of

violence

 Center on group survival and personal gain

 AN UNORTHODOX MILITARY
MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF POWER

 Combines three stories story of 1974 coop, civil-military political struggle, preventive

insurgency

 Portugal's transition from a failing state to a model for post conflict transition

 Relationship between security, stability, development, democracy, peace and sovereignty

 Nation's forces can conduct preemptive or preventive insurgency as well as counter insurgency

 Political Psychological campaign against dictatorial regime

 FROM DEFEAT TO POWER IN
FOUR HARD LESSONS

 Political tradition and economic situation in Uruguay 1962-1974

 National Liberation Movement to bring down the democratically elected

Uruguayan government

 Government failing to maintain economic and political underpinnings of peace

and prosperity

 Political and socio economic aspects of the situation must be addressed

 REFLECTIONS ON THE SUCCESSFUL
ITALIAN COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORT

 successful Italian counter terrorism effort 1968-1983

 irregular political-psychological war

 STRENGTH OF THE BOOK
Service Support

 Logistic support provided by 2 pl of no. 1 fd coy

 Medical assistance provided by from Birendra Hospital

 Signal Assistance will be provided from Ganeshdal Bn (Signal)

 Transportation will be provided by MT Unit.

 WEAKNESS OF THE BOOK
Main Route

 Gauchar Barrack-Tinkune-Subidhanagar-Baneshwor chowk-Shankamul-Bagmati Bridge.

Alternative Route

 Gauchar Barrack-Sinamangal-Old Baneshwor-New Baneshwor-Babar Mahal-Maitighar-UN Parks.

 RELEVANCE TO NEPALI ARMY
FINAL SUMMARY

 For Borehole charge in the Pier

 No of pier = 2 nos
 Thickness = 50 cm
 Height = 360 cm
 Width = 7.5 m

 Type = RCC
 No. of Rows = 3 in a side(Thickness<1.8m)
 No. of Holes in a row = 7 holes per Row
 Total No. of Holes = 40 ( including both the Piers)
 Depth of each Holes = 34cm

 Explosive required in each Hole = 1020 gms

 Total Expl for borehole charge = 40.8 kgs of PEK-I
 CONCLUSION
 For Borehole charge in the Pier
 Time Taken for Drilling(40 holes) = 5.04 hrs

 With 3 pneumatic drills = 2 hrs

 RECOMMENDATION
 For Pressure Charge

 Road way = 11.5m (width)

 Length = 51.10m

 Slab thickness = 30cm

 Thickness of the beam = 50cm

 Charges/Beam = 10

 Overall thickness of beam = 80cm

 Total Charges = 30 (3 slabs)

 Expl for one charge = 12.28 kgs

 Total TNT slabs required = 1080