1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807834803321

Autore

Fowler Michael C. <1965->

Titolo

Amateur soldiers, global wars : insurgency and modern conflict / / Michael C. Fowler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Security International, , 2005

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-60963-3

1-282-40990-5

9786612409905

0-313-06893-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Disciplina

355.02/18

Soggetti

Counterinsurgency

Insurgency

Security, International

Soldiers

Terrorists

War

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Case for Global Insurgency -- What Is Happening? -- Why Insurgency? -- Three Factors for Success -- The Importance of Context -- The Path Ahead -- Chapter 2. Leadership and Mobilization -- Issues and Their Characteristics -- Organization -- Leadership -- Activation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Global Insurgency Warfare -- Dispersal and Eclecticism -- Defining the Adversary -- Operations -- New Battlefields -- Warfare Redefined -- Chapter 4. Intelligence -- Direction and Planning -- Collection -- Analysis and Production -- Dissemination -- Sabotage -- Organized Crime -- Chapter 5. Funding, Procurement, and Training -- Funding -- Procurement -- Training -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. A Theory of Global Insurgency -- Understanding Global Insurgency -- Frequently Asked Questions -- Implications -- Chapter



7. Al Qaeda and HMS Dreadnought -- Al Qaeda Tested -- Unplanned Political Agendas -- A New Path for Warfare -- What Can We Do? -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Works Consulted -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.