OK, Malaysia then -- well, that was Chinese Communists, so not a good fit - plus the Brits fielded some 35,000 military, call it sorta like Vietnam for the Crown, just fewer players. They did finally reach a political settlement.
The Boers? Not so good.
Third phase: Guerrilla war of September 1900 to May 1902 By September 1900 the British were in control of both Republics, except for the northern part of Transvaal. They however found that they only controlled the ground their columns physically occupied. As soon as the columns left a town or district, British control of that area faded away.
The huge territory of the Republics made it impossible for the 250,000 British troops to control it effectively. The vast distances between the columns allowed the Boer commandos considerable freedom to move about. The Boer commanders decided to adopt a guerrilla style of warfare.
The commandos were sent to their own districts with the order to act against the British there whenever possible. Their strategy was to do as much damage to the enemy as possible, and then to move off and vanish when enemy reinforcements arrived.
What to do? Small forces with access to airpower? Pacification? Time will tell - as will politics to a great extent.
Interesting footnote, due to the losses seen by Baden-Powell, he started a uniformed paramilitary youth organization focused on training young men in needed military skills - like map reading, marksmanship, camping and the like. It almost exists today.
How about small forces with nukes? That'll stop muzzie.
You need to read a bit more about the hit-and-run tactics that the Brits *very* successfully used to stall the Nazis in North Africa during WW2. They did very well in heavily armed Jeeps against heavy armor - by raiding rear areas and setting ambushes and then disappearing before the enemy could bring their strength to bear.
Basically, it's turning the terrorists' tactics against them. Let's face it, conventional tactics tend to be a bit ponderous.
'Ah, since the Brits are not up against armor, or even uniformed combatants, the lessons applied might better be from Yeman - no wait, they lost that one...'
Funny,I could have sworn that we retook the Crater district and inflicted heavy losses on the NLF.
Also,the British had agreed in 1964 to leave,BEFORE the NLF started its terror campaign.And it was ADEN,not Yemen.It was South Yemen only after 1968...