Screen LibraryAdapting to win : how insurgents fight and defeat foreign states in war /
Through case studies of violent insurgent groups pitted against foreign state powers, including in-depth examinations of the war in Afghanistan and the 2003 Iraq war, Adapting to Win examines the circumstances and tactics that allow some insurgencies to succeed in wars against foreign governments wh...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Through case studies of violent insurgent groups pitted against foreign state powers, including in-depth examinations of the war in Afghanistan and the 2003 Iraq war, Adapting to Win examines the circumstances and tactics that allow some insurgencies to succeed in wars against foreign governments while others fail. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | 5 illus. |
| ISBN: | 9780812290134 |
| Index Number: | JC328 |
| CLC: | D55 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. How Do Insurgents Fight And Defeat Foreign States In War? -- 2. Origins And Proliferation Of Sequencing -- 3. How Sequencing Th Eory Works -- 4. The Conventional Model: The Dahomean War (1890 1894) -- 5. The Primitive Model: Malayan Emergency (1948 1960) -- 6. The Degenerative Model: The Iraq War (2003 2011) -- 7. The Premature Model: The Anglo- Somali War (1900 1920) -- 8. The Maoist Model: The Guinean War of Independence (1963 1974) -- 9. The Progressive Model: The Indochina War (1946 1954) -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. List of Extrasystemic Wars (1816 2010) -- Appendix B. Description of 148 Wars and Sequences -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |