Ebook: Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; 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.;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.