Ian F. W. Beckett

Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies (eBook, PDF)

Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134553952
• Artikelnr.: 43072140

Autorenporträt

Ian F. W. Beckett is Professor of Modern History at the University of Luton and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His many publications include The Amateur Military Tradition (1991) and Encycolpedia of Guerrilla Warfare (1999)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The roots of insurgency
2. The roots of counter-insurgency
3. Resistance and the partisan
4. Mao Tse-tung and revolutionary warfare
5. Formative experiences
6. 'Wars of national liberation'?
7. The transition to urban insurgency
8. Insurgency and the superpowers
9. Forward to the past
Index