Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies

Name: Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Ian F. Beckett here 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. > \nModern 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.\nIn 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:\n* the American War of Independence\n* Napoleon's campaign in Spain\n* the wars of decolonisation\n* the superpowers in Vietnam and Afg)