Violent politics : a history of insurgency, terrorism & guerrilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq / William R. Polk.
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TextPublication details: New York : Harper, c2007.Edition: Updated and expanded., 1st Harper Perennial edDescription: xxvi, 277 p. ; 21 cmContent type: - text
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- 9780061236198
- 23 322.42 POL
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Previous edition: New York : HarperCollins, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-266) and index.
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.
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.
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