From the Carolina Swamp Fox to the Afghan Mujahideen, this book analyzes 40 guerrilla struggles across five continents, profiles important figures, and gives extensive bibliographical information. With an emphasis on causes and effects, Part I surveys and analyzes all major guerrilla struggles and many less well known wars from the American Revolution to 20th-century post-colonial conflicts. Drawing a distinction between guerrilla warfare and terrorism, the author focuses on guerrilla activity. He seeks to answer such questions as the genesis and context of an insurgency, its resemblance to other guerrilla conflicts, what factors contributed to victory or defeat, which factors are unique to a conflict, and what factors are common to many conflicts.
Part II profiles individuals who are important to the subject, including guerrilla chieftains, military commanders, government officials, party leaders, theorists, and instructors who exerted notable influence. Part III surveys the major English-language literature on guerrilla warfare, providing a a wide-ranging, representative, and intensive collection of works.
From the Carolina Swamp Fox to the Afghan Mujahideen, this book analyzes 40 guerrilla struggles across five continents, profiles important figures, and gives extensive bibliographical information. With an emphasis on causes and effects, Part I surveys and analyzes all major guerrilla struggles and many less well known wars from the American Revolution to 20th-century post-colonial conflicts. Drawing a distinction between guerrilla warfare and terrorism, the author focuses on guerrilla activity. He seeks to answer such questions as the genesis and context of an insurgency, its resemblance to other guerrilla conflicts, what factors contributed to victory or defeat, which factors are unique to a conflict, and what factors are common to many conflicts.
Part II profiles individuals who are important to the subject, including guerrilla chieftains, military commanders, government officials, party leaders, theorists, and instructors who exerted notable influence. Part III surveys the major English-language literature on guerrilla warfare, providing a a wide-ranging, representative, and intensive collection of works.
Preface
History and Analysis
Introduction: The Nature of Guerrilla War
From Carolina to Castile
The American Revolution
The Vandee
Haiti
Spain
From Waterloo through World War I
The American Civil War
The Boer War
The Americans and Aguinaldo
Lawrence of Arabia
World War II in Europe
Guerrillas against Hitler and Stalin
The Cold War
Greece
China
Malaya
The Huks
The French in Indochina
Viet Nam: The American War
The Khmer Rouge
The Soviets in Afghanistan
The New People's Army
Latin America
Continental and Caribbean Struggles
Post-Colonial Conflicts
From Algeria to Zimbabwe
Toward a Summing Up
Styles of Counterinsurgency
Reflections: Combatting Guerrillas
Bibliographical Profiles
Bibliographical Essays
Index
ANTHONY JAMES JOES is Professor of International Politics and Director of the International Relations Program at Saint Joseph's University. He is the author of The War for South Viet Nam, 1954-1975 (Praeger, 1989), Modern Guerrilla Insurgency (Praeger, 1992), and Guerrilla Conflict Before the Cold War (Praeger, forthcoming).
?This "sourcebook" on guerrilla war offers students, researchers,
and general readers a series of introductory historical vignettes,
a set of short biographies of important individuals mentioned in
the vigenettes, and perhaps most usefully, a good annotated
bibliography of the extensive literature of analysis and case
studies on the subject.?-Choice
"This "sourcebook" on guerrilla war offers students, researchers,
and general readers a series of introductory historical vignettes,
a set of short biographies of important individuals mentioned in
the vigenettes, and perhaps most usefully, a good annotated
bibliography of the extensive literature of analysis and case
studies on the subject."-Choice
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