Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750
ISBN: 9780429230936
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Humanities; History; World/ International History; Military & Naval History;

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 communi


Ian F. W. Beckett is Professor of Modern History at the University of Luton and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His many publications include The Amateur Military Tradition (1991) and Encycolpedia of Guerrilla Warfare (1999)
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