Guerrilla Warfare : Irregular Warfare in the 20th Century
| Author | : | William Weir |
| Year of Publication | : | 2009 |
| Publisher | : | Pentagon Press |
| ISBN - 13 | : | 9788182744080 |
| Edition | : | First |
| Language | : | English |
| Binding | : | Hardcover |
| Subject | : | Warfare |
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About the Book :
In war, whenever one side outnumbers and outguns the other,
the outnumbered and outgunned side often resorts to guerrilla warfare to
address the asymmetry and frequently achieves victory. The twentieth century
produced scores of such conflicts, whether as sideshows of the world wars or as
the main events in wars of revolution or liberation.
Guerrilla Warfare examines twenty-one of these conflicts, shedding light
on the remarkable capabilities of unconventional fighters to outlast and defeat
their enemies.
Guerrilla Warfare covers a century of unconventional fighters at war
including
- Succinct accounts of 21 guerrilla conflicts in the twentieth century
- The exploits of men like Lawrence of Arabia, Orde Wingate, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevera
- The American hunt for Pancho Villa
- Mao versus Chiang in the Chinese Civil War
- The Showdown at Dien Bien Phu in 1954
- France`s long war in Algeria
- The Siege of Khe Sanh in the Vietnam War
- The Afgan-Soviet War from 1979 to 1989
- And More...
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