Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-238) and index.

Foreword / Stanley A. McChrystal -- Introduction: Understanding insurgency and counterinsurgency -- pt. 1. A ground-level perspective -- Introduction to the expanded and annotated "Twenty-eight articles" -- Twenty-eight articles : fundamentals of company-level counterinsurgency -- Introduction to "Globalization and the development of Indonesian counterinsurgency tactics" -- Globalisation and the development of Indonesian counterinsurgency tactics -- Introduction to "Firefight at Motaain" -- Reflections on the engagement at Motaain Bridge, 10 October 1999 -- Deiokes and the Taliban : local governance, bottom-up state formation, and the rule of law in counterinsurgency -- pt. 2. A global perspective -- Countering global insurgency.