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Invisible armies an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present

Max Boot 1968-

New York Liveright Pub. Corp. c2013

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária  ACERVO DELFIM NETTO  (C11.13.28 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Invisible armies an epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the present
  • Autor: Max Boot 1968-
  • Assuntos: Guerrilla warfare -- History; GUERRILHA (HISTÓRIA)
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (pages 643-707) and index
  • Descrição: Prologue: Baghdad patrol, April 9, 2007 -- I. Barbarians at the gate the origins of guerrilla warfare. Ambush at Beth-Horon : Romans vs. Jews, AD 66 -- Classical conflicts : the Peloponnesian War, Alexander the Great in Central Asia, the Maccabees, and the Bar Kokhba Revolt, 426 BC-AD -- Uncivilized warfare : tribal wars of mass destruction -- Akkad and the origins Of insurgency : Mesopotamia, 2334-2005 BC -- Catch me if you can : Persians vs. Scythians, 512 BC -- "Create a desert" : the origins of counterinsurgency in Assyria and Rome, 1100 BC-AD 212 -- Rome's downfall : the Barbarian invasions, AD 370-476 -- An Eastern way of war? Ancient Chinese warfare beyond Sun Tzu -- Nomads and mandarins : Xiongnu vs. Han, 200 BC-AD 48 -- The guerrilla paradox : why the weak beat the strong -- The tartan rebellions : Scotland vs. England, 1296-1746 -- War by the book : the counterinsurgents' advantage -- II. Liberty or death : the rise of the liberal revolutionaries. Irregulars in the age of reason : hussars, pandours, and rangers, 1648-1775 -- The American hornets : the revolution against Britain, 1775-1783 -- War to the knife : the Peninsular War, 1808-1814 -- Black Spartacus : the Haitian War of Independence, 1791-1804 -- Greeks and their lovers : the Greek War of Independence, 1821-1832 -- Hero of two worlds : Giuseppe Garibaldi and the struggle for Italian unification, 1833-1872 -- Revolutionary consequences : the liberal achievement -- III. The spreading oil ssot : the wars of empire. The wars that weren't : why did so few guerrillas resist the European advance? -- The skulking way of war : the "forest wars" in eastern North America, 1622-1842 -- The winning of the West : braves vs. Bluecoats, 1848-1890 -- The winning of the East : the holy war against Russia in Chechnya and Dagestan, 1829-1859 -- Dark defiles : the First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842 -- Northwest Frontier : Britain and the Pashtuns, 1897-1947 -- Mission civilisatrice : Lyautey in Morocco, 1
    A complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages
  • Editor: New York Liveright Pub. Corp.
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2013
  • Formato: xxix, 750 pages, [14] pages of plates illustrations, maps 25 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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