Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare books

An indispensable insider account of transition from guerrilla war to governance in Ethiopia.  Read More >>

"Rupert Wieloch has seen more than his share of front-line military action. This is his story from troubles in Northern...  Read More >>

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in support of a Marxist-Leninist government, and the subsequent nine-year conflict...  Read More >>

Boko Haram is the major threat to the Nigerian state, and has emerged as a destabilizing factor across sub-Saharan...  Read More >>

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This volume in the Pocket Manuals series is based on The Partisan's Companion, the Red Army manual used to train...  Read More >>

An acknowledged expert investigates the clashes between Soviet partisans and their German and locally recruited...  Read More >>

Ryan explores how secondary fronts in the Philippines, sub-Saharan Africa, Georgia, and the Caspian Sea basin became...  Read More >>

After a long and difficult trek south, the Lü family is finally reunited in Kunming. Yet the tentacles of war reach...  Read More >>

The first complete account of the secret battle of Skyline Ridge, 1972, when a ragtag Laos-Thai army supported by...  Read More >>

In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan...  Read More >>

Female Fighters explains why some rebel groups deploy women in combat while others exclude women from their ranks,...  Read More >>

"In Gambling with Violence, Yelena Biberman tackles a global problem that is particularly consequential for Pakistan...  Read More >>

Female Fighters explains why some rebel groups deploy women in combat while others exclude women from their ranks,...  Read More >>

A revealing look at the art of military scouting and reconnaissance, going from the earliest recorded military history...  Read More >>

This is a major new collection that investigates Maoist and post-Maoist approaches to ""Peoples War"" and their...  Read More >>

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Within the last twenty years, the archaeology of conflict has emerged as a valuable sub-discipline within anthropology,...  Read More >>

The Vietnam War lasted twenty years and resulted in the deaths of over 58,000 American soldiers, with many more...  Read More >>

At the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011, thousands of pro-democracy rebel groups spontaneously formed to fight...  Read More >>

It explores the involvement of the Security Service, the Joint Intelligence Committee (Far East), the Malayan Security...  Read More >>

What determines the outcome for rebels in contemporary African civil wars? How are “victory” and “defeat” measured?...  Read More >>

What determines the outcome for rebels in contemporary African civil wars? How are “victory” and “defeat” measured?...  Read More >>

This book classifies recruitment techniques of rebel groups into two types, coercion and inducement, and develops...  Read More >>

Adds to the growing body of literature that examines the various irregular conflicts that took place during the...  Read More >>