Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies
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Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies

Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies

Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750

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Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of the most prevalent forms of conflict and presents a crucial challenge to the international communi

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2001
Print ISBN
9780415239349
eBook ISBN
9781134553952

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 The roots of insurgency
  7. 2 The roots of counter-insurgency
  8. 3 Resistance and the partisan
  9. 4 Mao Tse-tung and revolutionary warfare
  10. 5 Formative experiences
  11. 6 'Wars of national liberation'?
  12. 7 The transition to urban insurgency
  13. 8 Insurgency and the superpowers
  14. 9 Forward to the past
  15. Index