Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: A Global History, 1st Edition

by Jeremy Black

Book Overview

This timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare. Jeremy Black moves beyond the conventional Western-centric narrative, arguing that it is crucial to ground contemporary experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq in a global framework. Unlike other studies that begin with the American and French revolutions, this book reaches back to antiquity to trace the pre-modern origins of war within states. Interweaving thematic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442256311
• ISBN13: 9781442256316
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"