Seth G. Jones

Waging Insurgent Warfare

Lessons from the Vietcong to the Islamic State

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There are over three dozen violent insurgencies around the globe today, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. If we are to understand modern warfare, we need to understand insurgencies. Waging Insurgent Warfare weaves together an impressive analysis of how groups start, wage, and end insurgencies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780190600860
• ISBN-10: 0190600861
• Artikelnr.: 45561552

Autorenporträt

Seth G. Jones is director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation, as well as an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served in several positions at U.S. Special Operations Command, including as a plans officer and advisor to the commanding general for U.S. Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan (Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan).

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Starting Insurgencies
Chapter 3: Strategies
Chapter 4: Tactics
Chapter 5: Organizational Structures
Chapter 6: Information Campaigns and Propaganda
Chapter 7: Outside Support
Chapter 8: Ending Insurgencies
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Appendix A: Case Study List
Appendix B: Statistical Results for Ending Insurgencies