Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare

In September 2014, Azad Cudi became one of seventeen snipers deployed when ISIS, trying to shatter the Kurds in a decisive battle, besieged the northern city of Kobani.

An international study of counter-insurgency strategies, tactics, and techniques developed in warzones from Vietnam to Latin America and beyond.

Afghanistan was an unwinnable war.

Michael Napier details the critical role of air power in the skies over Afghanistan, from the ten-year occupation by the USSR in the 1980s through to the US and NATO campaign from 2001 to 2021.

Michael Napier details the critical role of air power in the skies over Afghanistan, from the ten-year occupation by the USSR in the 1980s through to the US and NATO campaign from 2001 to 2021.

'An extraordinary account of heroism and sacrifice.

'An extraordinary account of heroism and sacrifice.

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF).

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF).

Waged across an inhospitable terrain which varied from open African savannah to broken mountain country and arid semi-desert, the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880 81 and 1899 1902 pitted the British Army and its allies against the Boers' commandos.

Waged across an inhospitable terrain which varied from open African savannah to broken mountain country and arid semi-desert, the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880 81 and 1899 1902 pitted the British Army and its allies against the Boers' commandos.

Although ultimately unsuccessful, Operation Agreement was one of the most dramatic raids of the war in North Africa.

Although ultimately unsuccessful, Operation Agreement was one of the most dramatic raids of the war in North Africa.

The British campaign in Northern Ireland remains one of the most controversial actions in recent history.

The Palestine War has been by far the most important military encounter in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in modern history.

Black Ops is a skirmish wargame of tactical espionage combat that recreates the tension and excitement of modern action-thrillers such as the Bond and Bourne films.

Black Ops is a skirmish wargame of tactical espionage combat that recreates the tension and excitement of modern action-thrillers such as the Bond and Bourne films.

A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association.

A gripping history of Britain's Special Boat Squadron in World War II, drawing on veteran interviews and including rare photographs from the SAS Regimental Association.

In 1943, small teams of elite British soldiers began parachuting into the mountains of Axis-occupied Albania.

What happens when children are forced to become child soldiers?

What happens when children are forced to become child soldiers?

EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT WAR IS WRONG.

This volume critically engages with the phenomenon of civil militias in Africa, especially the nature of threats and challenges they pose to national and human security.

This volume critically engages with the phenomenon of civil militias in Africa, especially the nature of threats and challenges they pose to national and human security.

Social media applications can be weaponized with very little skill.

Social media applications can be weaponized with very little skill.

This book presents a theory and empirical evidence for how security forces can identify militant suspects during counterinsurgency operations.

This book presents a theory and empirical evidence for how security forces can identify militant suspects during counterinsurgency operations.

Concerns over the changing nature of gangs and cartels and their relationships to states in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has resulted in the emergence of a scholarly body of work focused on their national security threat potentials.

Concerns over the changing nature of gangs and cartels and their relationships to states in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has resulted in the emergence of a scholarly body of work focused on their national security threat potentials.

As the author makes clear, every book has a history; Guerrilla Warfare is no exception.

As the author makes clear, every book has a history; Guerrilla Warfare is no exception.

'Revolution' is a word that causes fear in some, exhilaration in others, and confusion in most.

'Revolution' is a word that causes fear in some, exhilaration in others, and confusion in most.

Irish history sounds a long litany of grievance and vengeance-lost battles, escaped earls, and institutionalized injustice.

Irish history sounds a long litany of grievance and vengeance-lost battles, escaped earls, and institutionalized injustice.

The appearance of ideologically motivated anti-communist insurgent groups in the Third World is an important new phenomenon that has received little serious attention.

The appearance of ideologically motivated anti-communist insurgent groups in the Third World is an important new phenomenon that has received little serious attention.

The Promise of Reconciliation?

The Promise of Reconciliation?

Windows into a Revolution edited by Alpa Shah and Judith Pettigrew, the first book in the series offers glimpses into the spread of Maoism in India and Nepal by tracing some of its effects on the lives of ordinary people living amidst the revolutions.

Windows into a Revolution edited by Alpa Shah and Judith Pettigrew, the first book in the series offers glimpses into the spread of Maoism in India and Nepal by tracing some of its effects on the lives of ordinary people living amidst the revolutions.

This book examines the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a commercial insurgency through the network-complex paradigm of insurgency.

This book examines the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a commercial insurgency through the network-complex paradigm of insurgency.

Cinematic representations of unconventional warfare have received sporadic attention to date.

Cinematic representations of unconventional warfare have received sporadic attention to date.

The United States and her allies have found themselves plunged into 'a war over [humanity's] future social and political organization' with criminal challengers to the nation-state form.

The United States and her allies have found themselves plunged into 'a war over [humanity's] future social and political organization' with criminal challengers to the nation-state form.