MODERN INSURGENCIES AND COUNTER-INSURGENCIES
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MODERN INSURGENCIES AND COUNTER-INSURGENCIES (ebook)

IAN F. W. BECKETT

$1,340.00
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Editorial:
ROUTLEDGE
ISBN:
9781134553945
Páginas:
288
Formato:
Epublication content package
Idioma:
Inglés
DRM
Si

Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of the most prevalent forms of conflict and presents a crucial challenge to the international communi

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