Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare

Set in the authors homeland, Colombia, this is the heartbreaking story of Leonor, former child soldier of the FARC, a rural guerrilla group.

This extensive examination of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, Iraq, Germany, and the EU focuses on the history and development of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and its impact on transnational security, human rights, and democratization.

A unique visual exploration of partisan and anti-partisan warfare in Yugoslavia between 1941 and 1944.

This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine.

This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine.

A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away.

A remarkable collection of accounts of intrepid American aircrew shot down over enemy lines during World War II and how they got away.

This book analyses the strategic and economic significance of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), with a particular focus on the region of Balochistan.

Stories of combat from a man who embedded with Chechen guerrilla forces: "e;His insights .

Stories of combat from a man who embedded with Chechen guerrilla forces: "e;His insights .

Featuring rare photos, detailed colour illustrations and insignia tables, this study explores the contribution made by Czech and Slovak troops fighting alongside Allied forces during World War II.

Featuring rare photos, detailed colour illustrations and insignia tables, this study explores the contribution made by Czech and Slovak troops fighting alongside Allied forces during World War II.

An illustrated study of how coalition armor in Iraq in 2003 06 handled a unique multi-threat environment, from enemy armor to IEDs.

An illustrated study of how coalition armor in Iraq in 2003 06 handled a unique multi-threat environment, from enemy armor to IEDs.

Written by a leading expert on modern Russia, this is an illustrated introduction to the bitter campaigns in Chechnya.

A fully illustrated overview of the USSR's bloody conflict in Afghanistan and its long legacy.

A fully illustrated overview of the USSR's bloody conflict in Afghanistan and its long legacy.

Written by a leading expert on modern Russia, this is an illustrated introduction to the bitter campaigns in Chechnya.

Even though much of Europe eventually succumbed to the Nazis during World War II, many Europeans defiantly resisted occupation in every way possible.

An explanation of the failure of the Communist insurgency in Greece between 1945 and 1949, this study provides a striking lesson in what happens to an armed revolutionary movement when it lacks adequate manpower and logistical resources, and is divided against itself on such basic matters as foreign policy and the employment of its military capabilities.

From the Carolina Swamp Fox to the Afghan Mujahideen, this book analyzes 40 guerrilla struggles across five continents, profiles important figures, and gives extensive bibliographical information.

This book examines (1) the neglected but decisive role played by guerrillas in the Carolinas in 1780 and 1781, which led to the disastrous retreat of Cornwallis into Yorktown; (2) the 1793 uprisings in western France against the Revolutionary regime, whose conduct foreshadowed Nazi policies during World War II; (3) the French occupation of Spain from 1808 to 1814, from which the name guerrilla derives, and where the Napoleonic Empire suffered its most fatal wound; and (4) guerrilla campaigns in the American Civil War, explaining why Lee's surrender in 1865 failed to unleash the massive guerrilla outbreak feared by Lincoln and Grant.

A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military operation of World War II.

This is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia in 1993.

This is the inside story of an Army Ranger, surrounded and outnumbered, fighting a desperate action on the ground during the Black Hawk Down raid in Somalia in 1993.

Proxy warfare is a growing international phenomenon.

Proxy warfare is a growing international phenomenon.

Tracing the "e;American Guerrilla"e; narrative through more than one hundred years of film and television, this book shows how the conventions and politics of this narrative influence Americans to see themselves as warriors, both on screen and in history.

Recopilación de motivaciones y reflexiones que promovían la propia acción de Camilo Cienfuegos como dirigente revolucionario de Cuba.

Siempre es bueno leer lo que Rodolfo Walsh escribió para nosotros.

The complete and authoritative account of the sinking of the HMAS Sydney, and the recent finding of her wreck.

America's war on terror is widely defined by the Afghanistan and Iraq fronts.

Hat die deutsche Armee, als sie den Ersten Weltkrieg mit dem Einmarsch ins neutrale Belgien eröffnete, grundlos Massaker an den Einwohnern verübt?

Set in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this romantic tale unfolds against a background of political unrest and tenant agitation in Ireland.

This book focuses on the different types of combatants in conflicts in Africa, exploring the fine lines between what might be classified as a militia in one conflict, a rebel in another, or a terrorist in a third.

This book focuses on the different types of combatants in conflicts in Africa, exploring the fine lines between what might be classified as a militia in one conflict, a rebel in another, or a terrorist in a third.

This book offers an original assessment of the ways in which the sociocultural code of blood revenge and its modern remnants shape irregular warfare.

This book examines the conditions under which the presence and use of militias result in an increase or a decrease in violence against civilians in intra-state conflicts.

This book examines the conditions under which the presence and use of militias result in an increase or a decrease in violence against civilians in intra-state conflicts.

This book offers an original assessment of the ways in which the sociocultural code of blood revenge and its modern remnants shape irregular warfare.

Interpretaciones tradicionales han planteado la idea de que Montoneros recurrió a la simbología peronista por simple oportunismo político.

At peak utilization, private security contractors (PSCs) constituted a larger occupying force in Iraq and Afghanistan than did U.

Detention and confinement-of both combatants and large groups of civilians-have become fixtures of asymmetric wars over the course of the last century.

This book investigates terrorism and anti-terrorism as related and interacting phenomena, undertaking a simultaneous reading of terrorist and statist ideologists in order to reconstruct the 'deadly dialogue' between them.

This book investigates the use and utility of military force in modern war.

With his parting words “I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur sealed the fate of the last American forces on Bataan.

Este libro analiza distintos aspectos de la realidad del secuesto como uno de los rostros de la crueldad de la guerra en Colombia.

Este libro analiza un evento que ha impactado a miles de personas en el mundo y que toma dimensiones muy preocupantes en regímenes democráticos, aunque sabemos que la democracia no es antídoto contra la barbarie.