A long small war
Italian counterrevolutionary warfare in Libya, 1911 to 1932
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick H Dotolo (St. John Fisher College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 158-180 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2014.959765 |
| OpenAlex | W1985988528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
The paper argues that the success of the Italian pacification campaign of Libya in 1932 can be traced to the implementation of a military-centric strategy used in counterrevolutionary warfare, a type of Small War made popular in the early twentieth century and an older form of counterinsurgency. Rather than focus on achieving an acceptable level of security common to modern counterinsurgency doctrine, COIN, the Italians used kinetic military operations to defeat and subdue rebel groups in the two Libyan colonies of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. The roots of third rebellion, and the military strategy used to pacify the colonies, were developed during the guerrilla war by Ottoman and indigenous groups used to oppose the Italian invasion of Libya during the Italo-Libyan War, 1911–1912. The lessons of Italy's success should make the application of a military-centric rather than a security-centric strategy useful for current counterinsurgencies
Ancient history · Citizen journalism · Doctrine · Guerrilla warfare · Indigenous · Military science · Political science · Politics · Revolution in Military Affairs · Spanish Civil War · History · Law · Military History and Strategy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |