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Author Taber, Robert.

Title The war of the flea : a study of guerrilla warfare theory and practice / Robert Taber
Published St. Albans, Herts. : Paladin, 1970

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Description 160 pages ; 20 cm
Contents 1 The wind of revolution. Popular will as the key to strategy. The confrontation of the haves and the have-nots. Fallacies of counter-insurgency. Guerrilla war as an extension of politics. Cracks in the armour of the modern state -- 2 The war of the flea. Political and military objectives. Creating 'the climate of collapse'. Organization of insurgent forces. Guevara on guerrilla war: the base -- 3 Inception and evolution of an insurgency. Transition to civil war. Alternative solutions. The Cuban example -- 4 Protracted war. Popular forces versus regular armies. The guerrilla as missionary. Mao Tse-tung on the war of the flea. The lessons of China
10 Sun Tzu on The Art of War. Principles of guerrilla strategy and tactics. Terrain as a determining factor. Guerrilla war in urban areas. The character of the guerrilla -- 11 Guerrilla movements in the Third World. The revolutionary base. Outlook for the United States
5 Colonial war and the French experience. Strategy and tactics of Vo Nguyen Giap. How the Vietminh won in Indo-China -- 6 The political character of the Second Indo-China War. The American role. Expansion of the war -- 7 Wars of national liberation and their cost. The Irish 'troubles' and the role of the Black and Tans. Terrorism in Israel. Rebellion in North Africa -- 8 General Grivas on Guerrilla war in Cyprus. The political uses of terrorism. Errors of British strategy -- 9 Failures in the war of the flea. Magsaysay and the Huks in the Philippines. The price of British victory in Malaya. Why the communists lost in Greece
Notes Originally published, New York: L. Stuart, 1965
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Guerrilla warfare.
ISBN 0586080104