Violent politics : a history of insurgency, terrorism & guerrilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq /

An examination of the role of insurgent tactics in world conflicts throughout the past two-and-a-half centuries places current issues in a context of world history while covering events that marked such examples as the war in Iraq.

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Main Author: Polk, William R. (William Roe), 1929-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, c2007.
Edition:Updated and expanded., 1st Harper Perennial ed.
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