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Modern insurgencies and counter-insurgencies : guerrillas and their opponents since 1750

Author: I F W Beckett
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
Series: Warfare and history.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: I F W Beckett
ISBN: 0415239338 9780415239332 0415239346 9780415239349 9780203402450 0203402456
OCLC Number: 46401992
Description: ix, 268 p. ; c 24 cm.
Contents: The roots of insurgency --
The roots of counter-insurgency --
Resistance and the partisan --
Mao Tse-tung and revolutionary warfare --
Formative experiences --
'Wars of national liberation'? --
The transition to urban insurgency --
Insurgency and the superpowers --
Forward to the past.
Series Title: Warfare and history.
Responsibility: Ian F.W. Beckett.
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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.

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