Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare books

525 books were found.

Stirling’s Desert Triumph: The SAS Egyptian Airfield Raids 1942

Stirling’s Desert Triumph: The SAS Egyptian Airfield...

Author: Gavin Mortimer ,  Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781472807632
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The night of July 26, 1942 saw one of the most audacious raids of World War II, just as the outcome of that conflict...  Read More >>

Saboteurs: French Resistance Against Hitler's Army

Saboteurs: French Resistance Against Hitler's Army

Author: Franck Lambert
ISBN: 9782352503729
Format: Hardback
$95.00

Discover the fantastic history of the saboteurs during World War II in the French resistance. Trained by the British...  Read More >>

Warlords: Strong-arm Brokers in Weak States

Warlords: Strong-arm Brokers in Weak States

Author: Kimberly Marten
ISBN: 9780801456794
Format: Paperback
$75.01

Kimberly Marten shows why and how warlords undermine state sovereignty. Unlike the feudal lords of a previous era,...  Read More >>

Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla

Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla...

Author: David Kilcullen
ISBN: 9781849045117
Format: Paperback
$22.95

Chilling account of the new face of modern conflict - transnational drug networks, local street gangs, uprisings...  Read More >>

Behind Enemy Lines: Civil War Spies, Raiders, and Guerrillas

Behind Enemy Lines: Civil War Spies, Raiders, and Guerrillas...

Author: Wilmer L. Jones
ISBN: 9781630760861
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Behind Enemy Lines provides a new perspective on the familiar aspects of Civil War history, including shadowy agents,...  Read More >>

The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding the Black Flag in History, Memory, and Myth

The Civil War Guerrilla: Unfolding the Black Flag in...

Author: Joseph M. Beilein, Jr. ,  Matthew C. Hulbert
ISBN: 9780813165325
Format: Hardback
$132.00

They also explore how the Civil War guerrilla has been mythologized in history, literature, and folklore. The Civil...  Read More >>

Kill the Tiger: The truth about Operation Rimau

Kill the Tiger: The truth about Operation Rimau

Author: Peter Thompson ,  Robert Macklin
ISBN: 9780733633461
Format: Paperback
$63.33

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Rules of Riot: Internal Conflict and the Law of War

Rules of Riot: Internal Conflict and the Law of War...

Author: James E. Bond
ISBN: 9780691618746
Format: Paperback
$74.99

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The Lost Band of Brothers

The Lost Band of Brothers

Author: Tom Keene ,  Major General Julian Thompson, CB OBE
ISBN: 9780750962902
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Endorsed at the highest level by Churchill, who wanted British raiders to take the fight to the enemy shore, fifty...  Read More >>

Inside Cambodian Insurgency: A Sociological Perspective on Civil Wars and Conflict

Inside Cambodian Insurgency: A Sociological Perspective...

Author: Daniel Bultmann ,  Professor Howard M. Hensel
ISBN: 9781472443052
Format: Hardback
$81.99

There are many different types of power practice directed towards making soldiers obedient and disciplined inside...  Read More >>

Counterinsurgency in Crisis: Britain and the Challenges of Modern Warfare

Counterinsurgency in Crisis: Britain and the Challenges...

Author: David H. Ucko ,  Robert Egnell
ISBN: 9780231164276
Format: Paperback
$47.95

By juxtaposing the deterioration of situations from the Iraq War against Britain’s celebrated legacy of counterinsurgency,...  Read More >>

Spirit of Resistance

Spirit of Resistance

Author: Nigel Perrin
ISBN: 9781473823020
Format: Paperback
$37.99

The story of an exceptional SOE agent and Maquis leader. Extraordinary ordeals of courage and escape during two...  Read More >>

The Individual Disengagement of Avengers, Nationalists, and Jihadists: Why Ex-Militants Choose to Abandon Violence in the North Caucasus

The Individual Disengagement of Avengers, Nationalists,...

Author: E. Souleimanov ,  H. Aliyev
ISBN: 9781137498823
Format: Hardback
$143.95

Drawing on unique first-hand data from Russia's North Caucasus, this study is the first of its kind to detail the...  Read More >>

Security, Clans and Tribes: Unstable Governance in Somaliland, Yemen and the Gulf of Aden

Security, Clans and Tribes: Unstable Governance in Somaliland,...

Author: A. Lewis ,  Marilyn Rueschemeyer
ISBN: 9781137470744
Format: Hardback
$143.95

Offering an introduction to clanism and tribalism in the Gulf of Aden area, Dr Lewis uses these concepts to analyse...  Read More >>

The Spearheaders: A Personal History of Darby's Rangers

The Spearheaders: A Personal History of Darby's Rangers...

Author: James Altieri ,  Mir Bahmanyar
ISBN: 9781591141792
Format: Paperback
$49.50

"The outlook for a victory of the Allied Powers was dim in the spring of 1942. Britain was being unmercifully bombed...  Read More >>

Behind Soviet Lines: Hitler’s Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942

Behind Soviet Lines: Hitler’s Brandenburgers capture...

Author: David R. Higgins ,  Johnny Shumate
ISBN: 9781782005995
Format: Paperback
$32.99

In the summer of 1942, following the invasion of Russia the previous year, Hitler's 'Brandenburger' commando units...  Read More >>

Montcalm’s Crushing Blow: French and Indian Raids along New York’s Oswego River 1756

Montcalm’s Crushing Blow: French and Indian Raids along...

Author: René Chartrand ,  Peter Dennis
ISBN: 9781472803306
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The year 1755 saw the rivalry between Britain and France in North America escalate into open warfare as both sides...  Read More >>

The Counter-Insurgency Myth: The British Experience of Irregular Warfare

The Counter-Insurgency Myth: The British Experience...

Author: Andrew Mumford
ISBN: 9781138840911
Format: Paperback
$92.99

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Learning to Forget: US Army Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Practice from Vietnam to Iraq

Learning to Forget: US Army Counterinsurgency Doctrine...

Author: David Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9780804793377
Format: Paperback
$47.95

This book studies the impact of the lessons and legacies of the Vietnam War on the formulation of US counterinsurgency...  Read More >>

Soviet Partisan 1941–44

Soviet Partisan 1941–44

Author: Nik Cornish ,  Andrei Karachtchouk
ISBN: 9781472801432
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The partisan war in the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944 has been the subject of considerable political manipulation...  Read More >>

Carlson’s Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942

Carlson’s Marine Raiders: Makin Island 1942

Author: Gordon L. Rottman ,  Johnny Shumate
ISBN: 9781472803276
Format: Paperback
$32.99

On August 17-18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on...  Read More >>

The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict

The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict

Author: Sandesh Sivakumaran (Lecturer, School of Law, University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9780198722281
Format: Paperback
$155.95

Non-international armed conflicts now far outnumber international ones, but the protection afforded by international...  Read More >>

Carlson's Marine Raiders - Makin Island 1942

Carlson's Marine Raiders - Makin Island 1942

Author: Gordon L. Rottman ,  Johnny Shumate
ISBN: 9781472803290
Format: Electronic book text
$26.27

On August 17-18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on...  Read More >>

Guerrilla Warfare in Missouri, Volume IV, September 1864-June 1865

Guerrilla Warfare in Missouri, Volume IV, September...

Author: Bruce Nichols
ISBN: 9780786475841
Format: Paperback
$64.90

Provides a thorough study of all known guerrilla operations in Civil War Missouri between September 1864 and June...  Read More >>

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