TY - BOOK AU - Polk,William R. TI - Violent politics: a history of insurgency, terrorism & guerrilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq SN - 9780061236198 U1 - 322.42 23 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Harper KW - Insurgency KW - History KW - Terrorism KW - Guerrilla warfare N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008271906-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008271906-d.html ER -