Books
Norheim-Martinsen, Per Martin and Tore Nyhamar (eds) (2015). International Military Operations in the 21st Century. Global Trends and the Future of Intervention. New York and London: Routledge. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12. 190 pages
To be found in an article compilation which can be bought at Kopiutsalget at Akademika bookstore at Blindern campus
Bellamy, Alex J., Paul D. Williams and Stuart Griffin (2010), Understanding Peacekeeping. Cambride: Polity Press, ch. 5, «Peace Operations in the Twenty-First Century», 18 pages
Bergen, Peter (2011), The Longest War: The enduring conflict between America and al Queda. London: Simon & Schuster, ch. 19, «Obama's War», 26 pages
Hoffman, Bruce (2006), Inside Terrorism, New York: Columbia University Press, ch. 1, «Defining Terrorism», 43 pages
Huntington, Samuel (1957). The Soldier and the State, ch. 4. 18 pages
Janowitz, Morris (1960), The Professional Soldier. ch. 20, 26 pages
Kjølberg, Anders, «Counter Regime Operations - A New Concept?» A translation of «Anti-regimeoperasjoner – et nytt begrep» in Tormod Heier, Anders Kjølberg and Carsten F. Rønnfeldt (eds.) Norge i internasjonale operasjoner (Norway in international operations), Oslo; Universitetsforlaget 2014, 9 pages
Nagl, John (2005), Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ch 2, pp 15-33, 17 pages
Silke, Andrew (2005), «The Fire of Iolaus: the role of state countermeasures in causing terrorism and what needs to be done». In Tore Bjørgo (ed) Root causes of Terrorism: Myths, reality and way forward. London: Routledge, 15 pages
Simpson, Emile (2012), «Clausewitzian War and Contemporary Conflict», ch. 2 in War from the Ground Up. Twenty-First-Century Combat as Politics, London: Hurst & Company, pp. 41-66, 26 pages
Smith, Rupert (2006), The Utility of force: the art of war in the modern world. Penguin Book, pp 1-26, 25 pages
Downloadable articles, books and other texts
You can search the articles and e-books in the e-journal database available at the University of Oslo Library. This requires having access to and being logged onto the UiO system. Contact the Reference Services at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library if you have problems finding the literature.
Bellamy, Alex J. and Williams, Paul D. (2012), «Broadening the base of United Nations Troop- and Police-Contributing Countries», Providing for Peacekeeping No. 1, International Peace Institute, 16 pages
Betts, Richard K (2014), “Pick Your Battles. Ending America's Era of Permanent War”, Foreign Affairs, Vol 93 (6), Nov/Dec 2014, pp. 15-24. 10 pages
Biddle, Stephen (2005/6), «Allies, Airpower, and Modern Warfare – The Afghan Modell in Afghanistan and Iraq», International Security, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 161-176. 16 pages.
Boot, Max (2014), “More Small Wars. Counterinsurgency Is Here to Stay”, Foreign Affairs, Vol 93 (6), Nov/Dec 2014, pp. 5-14. 10 pages
Borghard, Erica D, and Costantino PISCHEDDA (2012), «Allies and Airpower in Libya», Parameters, Spring 2012, pp. 63-74. 12 pages.
Cronin, Audrey Kurth (2015), “ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group. Why Counterterrorism Won't Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat”, Foreign Affairs, Vol 94 (2), March/April 2015, pp 87-98. 12 pages
Evans, Gareth & Ramesh Thakur (2013), «Correspondence: Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect», International Security, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Spring 2013), pp. 199-2.14, 16 pages
Feaver, Peter D, (1996), «The Civil-Military Problematique: Huntington, Janowitz, and the Question of Civilian Control», Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 23, No 2. pp. 149-178. 30 pages
Heier, Tormod (2015), “Is 'Out of Area' also 'Out of Control'? Small States in large operations”, RUSI Journal, Vol 160 (1), pp. 58-66
ISAF (2009), Commander's Counterinsurgency Guidance, August 2009, (Kabul: Headquartes ISAF), 7 pages
Jeffrey, James F. (2015), “Why Counterinsurgency Doesn't Work, The Problem Is the Strategy, Not the Execution”, Foreign Affairs, Vol 94 (2), March/April 2015, pp. 178-180, 3 pages
Johnson, Adrian and Saqueb Mueen (2012), «Short War, Long Shadow – The Political and Military Legacies of the 2011 Libya Campaign», White Hall Report 1-12. RUSI Whitehall Paper No. 1 2012, 77 pages.
Kjeksrud, Stian and Jacob Aasland Ravndal (2011), «Emerging lessons from the United Nations mission in the DR Congo: military contributions to the protection of civilians», African Security Review, July 2011, Volume 20, no. 2. pp 3 – 16, 13 pages
Metz, Steven (2007), Rethinking Insurgency, pp.1-41, 42 pages
Nilsson, Claes and Kristina Zetterlund (2011), Arming the Peace. The Sensitive Business of Capacity Building. Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI-R-3269-SE. 59 pages
Norheim-Martinsen, Per Martin and Jacob Aasland Ravndal (2011), «Towards Intelligence-Driven Peace Operations? The Evolution of UN and EU Intelligence Structures», International Peacekeeping, Volume 18, Issue 4, pp 454-467. 13 pages
Pape, Robert A. (2012), «When Duty Calls – A pragmatic standard of humanitarian intervention», International Security, Vol. 37, No 1 (Summer 2012), pp. 41-80. 40 pages
Quinlivan, James T. (2003), «Burden of Victory. The painful Arithmetic of Stability Operations», RAND Review, Summer Issue 2003, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1 page
Tardy, Thierry (2011), «A Critique of Robust Peacekeeping in Contemporary Peace Operations», International Peacekeeping, Volume 18, Issue 2, pp 152-167. 15 pages
Tyrrell, Marc W.D. (2008), What To Know Before You Go: 10 Questions To Ask Before, and During, a Mission, pp. 106-138. 32 pages
US Army (2014) Field Manual 3-24 (MCWP 3-33.5) Insurgencies and Countering Insurgencies, Ch. 9, “Direct methods for countering insurgencies”, pp 115-129. 14 pages