Ezeonwuka, Innocent-Franklyn and Ani, Uchenna (2019) COUNTER – INSURGENCY/TERRORISM AS A DESIGNATE MILITARY OPERATION: IDEA VERSUS PROFESSIONALISM. THINKERS JOURNAL: A PUBLICATION OF FACULTY OF ARTS, GO. UNI., 1 (1). pp. 1-30.
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Abstract
Overtime, human nature have continued to create and pose complex challenges to the security of individuals, groups, states, nations and regions. National policies and global actions have continued to hatch disillusionment and frustration, which breed conventional dissent and ultimate formation and branding in suicidal inclinations. In the 21st century, insurgency has meandered beyond national boundaries to employ the lethal ally of terror, just as the ever increasing weight of global insecurity have forced states to evolve from mere conventional tactics in warfare to classical sophistication and precise annihilation of proven targets. Insurgents are propelled by their deep beliefs and veritable baptism (indoctrination) which convincingly prepare and project them to launch terror infernos, while professional soldiers are motivated by civic mission to contain them. The aim of this study is to scrutinize and evaluate the challenges of professional compliance to order, value and rules of engagement when faced with unfettered terror organizations. Considering the fast changing global political and operational landscapes, stateless actors and international terror organizations have seriously debased the concept of strategic deterrence. National armies are faced with the conflict of ideas, and the vagaries of law, morality and defeat, which appear to favour the terrorists. To turn the tide, professional military high command must tactfully, though with discipline weaken the groups vulnerable areas. This brings into purview, the personality, psyche and experience of facilitating military efficiency. Again, how does the issue of ruses of war and international laws of engagement affect military operations. Deeply ambiguous as these terrorists try to be, avoiding defeat as a technical strategy, theirs is a long drawn war, ever ready to pay the ultimate price to obtain divine bliss. Methodically, the study was dimensionally eclectic, sequel to the abundance of primary and secondary information. Against all odds, the military must be professionally ready to exhibit order, gallantry, perseverance, bonding to give hope to Liberal democracy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2025 14:00 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2025 14:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4589 |
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