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 community, governments and the military. In addition to examining the tactics of guerrilla leaders such as Lawrence, Mao, Guevara and Marighela, Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies also analyses the counter-insurgency theories of Gallieni, Callwell, Thompson and Kitson. It explores such conflicts as: * the American War of Independence * Napoleon's campaign in Spain * the wars of decolonisation * the superpowers in Vietnam and Afghanistan * conflicts in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone and Colombia.

Some copies are : paperback reprints, Routledge, 2003.

The roots of insurgency -- The roots of counter-insurgency -- Resistance and the partisan -- Mao Tse-tung and revolutionary warfare -- Formative experiences -- 'Wars of national liberation'? -- The transition to urban insurgency -- Insurgency and the superpowers -- Forward to the past.