Paul B. Rich is co-editor of the journal Small Wars & Insurgencies and author/editor of ten books.

Isabelle Duyvesteyn is lecturer at the Department of History of International Relations at the Institute of History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and author/editor of three books.

1. Introduction: The Study of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Part 1: Theoretical and Analytical Issues 2. The Historiography of Insurgency 3. Rethinking Insurgency 4. Changing forms of Insurgency: Pirates, Narco Gangs and Failed States? 5. Cyber Space and Insurgency 6. Whither Counterinsurgency: The Rise and Fall of a Divisive Concept 7. Peacekeeping and the Slippery Slope to Counterinsurgency 8. Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Policing 9. Intelligence-Gathering, Special Operations and Air-Strikes in Modern Counterinsurgency 10. Ethics of Counterinsurgency 11. Counterinsurgency: The State of a Controversial Art Part 2: Insurgent Movements 12. Insurgent Movements in Africa 13. Insurgent Movements in Iraq 14. Hezbollah and Hamas; Islamic Insurgents with Nationalist Causes 15. Insurgency in Southeast Asia 16. Insurgencies in India 17. Insurgency in Afghanistan 18. Insurgent Movements in Pakistan 19. Post-Cold War Counterinsurgency in Latin America Part 3: Counterinsurgency Cases 20. Trends in American Counterinsurgency21. Israeli Counterinsurgency: The Never-ending 'Whack-a-Mole' 22. From Belfast to Laskkar via Basra; British Counterinsurgency Today 23. Counterinsurgency in a Non-Democratic State: The Russian Example 24. Counterinsurgency in India 25. Counterinsurgency in Sri Lanka; A Successful Model? 26. Counterinsurgency in Pakistan 27. China's Society-centric Counterterrorism Approach in Xinjiang 28. South African Counterinsurgency: A Historiographical Overview 29. Insurgency and Counterinsurgency; Some Conclusions