Invisible Armies : An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present Hardback
by Max Boot
Hardback
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Beginning with the first insurgencies in the ancient world-when Alexander the Great discovered that fleet nomads were harder to defeat than massive conventional armies-Max Boot, best-selling author and military advisor in Iraq and Afghanistan, masterfully guides us from the Jewish rebellion against the Roman Empire up through the horrors of the French-Indochina War and the shadowy, post-9/11 battlefields of today.
Relying on a diverse cast of unforgettable characters-not only Mao and Che but also the legendary Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi, the archaeologist-turned-military commander T.
E. Lawrence, and the "Quiet American" Edward Lansdale, among others-Boot explodes everything we thought we knew about unconventional combat.
The result is both an enthralling read and our most important work on nontraditional warfare.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:784 pages, 70 illustrations; 8 maps
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:15/02/2013
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- ISBN:9780871404244
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:784 pages, 70 illustrations; 8 maps
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:15/02/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780871404244