Encyclopedia of guerrilla warfare

Insurgency, propaganda, military action, couter-insurgency: these topics form the basis of this encyclopaedia.

Ian Beckett provides a long-term perspective on the conflicts, wars, revolts, theories, movements, countries, and personalities involved in the transformation from traditional guerrilla warfare to modern insurgency.

Carefully written to present opposing points of view, entries include; Angola, the Arab revolt, the Battle of Algiers, Cambodia, Fidel Castro, the Greek Civil War, helicopters, the IRA, Lenin, the media, Pol Pot, propaganda, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia.