Violent politics : a history of insurgency, terrorism & guerrilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq

Violent politics : a history of insurgency, terrorism & guerrilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq

Updated and expanded.

New York : Harper Perennial, 2008, c2007.

xxvi, 277 p. ; 21 cm.

355.02 P762 2008 M

(OCoLC)191930819

An examination of the role of insurgent tactics in world conflicts throughout the past two-and-a-half centuries places current issues in a context of world history while covering events that marked such examples as the war in Iraq.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-266) and index.
Contents: The American insurgency -- The Spanish guerrilla against the French -- The Philippine 'insurrection' -- The Irish struggle for independence -- Tito and the Yugoslav partisans -- The Greek resistance -- Kenya and the Mau Mau -- The Algerian war of national independence -- The Vietnamese struggle against the French -- America takes over from France in Vietnam -- The Afghan resistance to the British and the Russians -- Conclusion. The very expensive school.
L2010M138

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