Title Victorious insurgencies : four rebellions that shaped our world / Anthony James Joes

Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2010] ©2010

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Description 319 pages : maps. ; 24 cm Contents Introduction: who cares about yesterday's wars? -- China : the long war, 1929-1949 -- French Vietnam : a war of illusions -- Cuba : the house of cards -- Afghanistan : end of the Red Empire -- Lessons learned, or not Summary Insurgencies, especially in the form of guerrilla warfare, continue to erupt across many parts of the globe. Most of these rebellions fail, but this book analyzes four twentieth-century conflicts in which the success of the insurgents permanently altered the global political arena: the Maoists in China against Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese in the 1930s and 1940s; the Viet Minh in French Indochina from 1945 to 1954; Castro's followers against Batista in Cuba from 1956 to 1959; and the mujahideen in Soviet Afghanistan from 1980 to 1989 Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-313) and index Subject Guerrilla warfare -- History -- 20th century. Guerrilla warfare -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century. Guerrilla warfare -- China -- History -- 20th century. Guerrilla warfare -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century. Guerrilla warfare -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century. Insurgency -- History -- 20th century. Insurgency -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century. Insurgency -- China -- History -- 20th century. Insurgency -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century. Insurgency -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century. LC no. 2010023315 ISBN 0813126142 (hbk.) 9780813126142 (hbk.)

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