The Insurgent Archipelago (Columbia/Hurst)

by John MacKinlay

Book Overview

As a young British officer in the Gurkha regiment, John Mackinlay served in the rainforests of North Borneo and experienced firsthand the Maoist-style insurgencies of the 1960s. Years later, as a United Nations researcher, he witnessed the chaotic deployment of international forces to Africa, the Balkans, and South Asia, and the transformation of territorial, labor-intensive uprisings into the international insurgent networks we know today.After 9/11,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231701160
• ISBN13: 9780231701167
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher