Insurgency Terrorism From Revolution To Apocalypse

A Systematic, Comprehensive, And Straightforward Book That Analyse And Compares Insurgencies And Terrorist Movements. It Covers Activity That Has Since Occurred In Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, China, Burma, Iraq, Sudan, The Philippines, Colombia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, And Elsewhere And Highlights The New Tactics And Weapons Used By Insurgent Groups Including Al Qaida - And Threatened. Author Bard E. O'Neill, The Director Of Studies Of Insurgencies And Revolution At The National War College, Addresses Insurgencies With Respect To Ultimate Goals, Strategies, Organization, The Role And Means Of Acquiring Popular Support, Causes And Effects Of Disunity, Types Of External Support, And Government Responses. To Suppress Terrorism, To Undermine Terrorism'S Ideological Support, And To Win The War Of Ideas, A National Security Expert Needs Some Of The Better Ideas Found In This Book. Thus The Book Is Also An Ideal Textbook For Soldiers, Analysts, Students, And Scholars Who Seek A Better Understanding Of Contemporary Conflicts. ( Published In Collaboration With Potomac Books, Inc. Formerly Brassey S, Inc.)

A systematic, comprehensive and straightforward format for analyzing and comparing insurgencies.

This book explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed governments, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to contemporary urban terrorism. The tactics of guerrilla leaders such as Lawrence, Mao, Guevara and Marighela are examined and the works of counter-insurgency theorists such as Galleni, Callwell, Thompson and Kitson are analysed.

An analysis of insurgent warfare, looking at factors that contribute to insurgency.

In the current Middle East, insurgency tactics are used with frequency and increasing success. But guerrilla warfare is not just the tool of modern-day terrorists. Its roots stretch back to our own revolution. In this volume, Polk takes us on a tour of insurgencies throughout history, starting with the American struggle for independence. The rebel groups employed the tactics of insurgency. From there, Polk explores the role of insurgency in several other notable conflicts, including the Spanish guerrilla war against Napoleon, the Irish struggle for independence, the Algerian War of National Independence, and Vietnam. Polk eventually lands at the present day, as Americans engage in ongoing campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq -- and beyond.

Insurgencies have become one of the most common forms of warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries. As there is no sign of their remission, it is imperative to understand their nature and tendencies. Studies have been carried out looking at whether or not certain aspects of insurgent conflicts have effects on both the short and long term conflict resolution, however none have attempted to apply the full range of insurgencies to the study. Based on the definitions described by Bard O'Neill in his book "Insurgency and Terrorism: From Revolution to Apocalypse", the world's insurgencies can be roughly splitinto types based on their goals and means of achieving their goals. At the same time, insurgencies can also be categorized based on the outcomes of their conflicts, as well. This study first looked to prove correlation between insurgent type and conflict outcome. Along with this correlation, the study also attempted to find association between insurgent type and recurring violence as well as conflict outcome and insurgent violence. Along with statistical data, this study utilized historical scenarios that displayed evidence for a relationship between the tested variables. It proved difficult to apply the broad qualitative variables tested in this study to real world scenarios. While the statistical evidence showed that there was no correlation between the type of insurgency and the type of outcome, much of the information found in the research of this project along with the individual case studies included provided strong evidence for the proof of an association between insurgency types, conflict outcomes, and violence recurrence.

Understanding Revolution concisely, but thoroughly, explains one of the most fundamental sources of political change in the modern world. Designed to be accessible to undergraduate students, the book systematically explores such questions as: What should be defined as a revolution? Is there a typical pattern to the course of a revolution? What are the roles of ideologies, structures (e.g., the state, class structures, the international system), and individuals in shaping revolutions? What causes groups to mobilize behind revolutionary leaders? What happens after a revolutionary group assumes power, or fails?The discussion highlights points of agreement and debate within the social science literature, and brief case studies of revolutions and revolutionary movements bring concepts to life.

First published in English in 2007 under title: The history of terrorism: from antiquity to al Qaeda.

Moyar presents a wide-ranging history of counterinsurgency which draws on the historical record and interviews with hundreds of counterinsurgency veterans. He identifies the ten critical attributes of counterinsurgency leadership and reveals why these attributes have been more prevalent in some organizations than others.