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Book SynopsisHow do insurgents and governments select their targets? Which ideological discourses and organizational policies do they adopt to win civilian loyalties and control territory? Aysegul Aydin and Cem Emrence suggest that both insurgents and governments adopt a wide variety of coercive strategies in war environments. In Zones of Rebellion, they integrate Turkish-Ottoman history with social science theory to unveil the long-term policies that continue to inform the distribution of violence in Anatolia. The authors show the astonishing similarity in combatants' practices over time and their resulting inability to consolidate Kurdish people and territory around their respective political agendas. The Kurdish insurgency in Turkey is one of the longest-running civil wars in the Middle East. Zones of Rebellion demonstrates for the first time how violence in this conflict has varied geographically. Identifying distinct zones of violence, Aydin and Emrence show why Kurds and Kur
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Zones of Rebellion is a slim book, but it manages to fit plenty in. It is determinedly wonkish and non-ideological, divided into sections examining the origins and tactics of both the PKK and the Turkish military. It shows how decisions taken in response to particular circumstances set the future direction of the conflict and limited the options of both players. Ultimately, this path dependence led to political stalemate. At critical junctures each side pursued policies that might seem inefficient to an outside observer.
-- William Armstrong * Hurriyet Daily News *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Zone Making
Midfield Wars
Origins of Violence
Looking AheadPart I. InsurgencyChapter 1. Organization
Competitive Origins
Building Trust
Extracting Resources
The Weberian Experiment Failed
Organizational InertiaChapter 2. Ideology
A Fight for Independence
Inviting Pressure from Abroad
Bargaining with the StateChapter 3. Strategy
A Border Specialist
Reaching Out
Paying the Price
Back to BotanPart II. CounterinsurgencyChapter 4. Organization
Administrative Solutions
Special Rule
Redistricting
Abandoning the CountrysideChapter 5. Ideology
Rural Bias
Blaming Foreign Sponsors
A Developmentalist Response
The Backup Plan: Co-optationChapter 6. Strategy
Locating Insurgents
Sweep and Strike
Curbing Civilian Unrest
The No-Entry ZoneConclusion
Forging Identities
Path-Dependent Origins
Room for ContingencyAppendix
Notes
Index
