Description |
xxix, 750 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Barbarians at the gate : the origins of guerrilla warfare -- Liberty or death : the rise of liberal revolutionaries -- The spreading oil spot : the wars of empire -- The bomb throwers : the first age of international terrorism -- The sideshows : guerrillas and commandos in the world wars -- The end of empire : the wars of "national liberation" -- Radical chic : the romance of the leftist revolutionaries -- God's killers : the rise of radical Islam |
Summary |
A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [643]-707) and index |
Subject |
Guerrilla warfare -- History.
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LC no. |
2012028522 |
ISBN |
9780871404244 (hardcover) |
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0871404249 (hardcover) |
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