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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451564903321

Autore

Joes Anthony James

Titolo

Urban guerrilla warfare [[electronic resource] /] / Anthony James Joes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2007

ISBN

0-8131-3759-4

0-8131-3483-8

1-283-23312-6

9786613233127

0-8131-7223-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Disciplina

355.4/25

Soggetti

Guerrilla warfare - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Warsaw 1944 -- Budapest 1956 -- Algiers 1957 -- São Paulo 1965-1971 and Montevideo 1963-1973 -- Saigon 1968 -- Northern Ireland 1970-1998 -- Grozny 1994-1996 -- Conclusion : looking back and ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

Guerrilla insurgencies continue to rage across the globe, fueled by ethnic and religious conflict and the easy availability of weapons. Reflecting the massive global movement of population from the countryside to cities, guerrilla conflict in urban areas, similar to the current violence in Iraq, will become more frequent. In his wide-ranging and richly detailed comparative analysis, Anthony James Joes examines eight key examples of urban guerrilla conflict across half a century and four continents: Warsaw in 1944, Budapest in 1956, Algiers in 1957, Montevideo and Sao Paulo in the 1960's, Sai