Sun Tzu’s Strategic Thought and Counterinsurgency in Nigeria: Issue and Theoretical Explanations

Abstract

The paper examined the synergy between Sun Tzu strategic thought with counterinsurgency in Nigeria. The paper is purely qualitative in approach and documentary sources were used to at least historically analyze available information of the issue discussed. The paper submitted though subject to criticism that Sun Tzu thought is a masterpiece in addressing the problem of insurgency in Nigeria.

Keywords: Insurgency, Nigerian State, Terrorism, War and Intelligence