Counter-Insurgency: Lessons from History

by Ian F.W. Beckett and John Pimlott

Book Overview

Insurgencies are at the center of most of the conflicts that confront the modern world, and they have been since the Second World War. Leading armies across the globe have well-developed strategies for fighting counter-insurgency campaigns which are continually adjusted and refined as a result of direct experience gained in the field. Understanding this experience and learning the right lessons from it are essential as new insurgencies break out...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848843968
• ISBN13: 9781848843967
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"