Urban guerrilla warfare / / Anthony James Joes

• Autore: Joes Anthony James
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.4/25
• Soggetto topico: Guerrilla warfare - History - 20th century
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban guerrilla warfare
• ISBN: 0-8131-3759-4; 0-8131-3483-8; 1-283-23312-6; 9786613233127; 0-8131-7223-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824674203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II