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Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750
Contributor(s): Beckett, Ian F. (Author)
ISBN: 0415239346     ISBN-13: 9780415239349
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $50.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2001
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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 through to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of the most prevalent forms of conflict and presents a crucial challenge to the international community, governments and the military.
In addition to examining the tactics of guerrilla leaders such as Lawrence Mao, Guevara, and Marighela, the book also analyzes the counter-insurgency theories of Gallieni, Callwell, Thompson, and Kitson.
Encompassing both an analytic and historical framework, this timely one-volume study runs the gamut from The Revolutionary War and Napoleon's campaign in Spain to the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Colombia -- and is a must read for anyone interested in military history and international relations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Strategy
- History | Modern - General
- Political Science | Terrorism
Dewey: 355.021
LCCN: 2001019458
Series: Warfare and History
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.18" W x 9.14" (0.97 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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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 community, governments and the military.
In addition to examining the tactics of guerrilla leaders such as Lawrence, Mao, Guevara and Marighela, Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies also analyses the counter-insurgency theories of Gallieni, Callwell, Thompson and Kitson. It explores such conflicts as:
* the American War of Independence
* Napoleon's campaign in Spain
* the wars of decolonisation
* the superpowers in Vietnam and Afghanistan
* conflicts in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone and Colombia.