"The Centurions Vs The Hydra"

• Autore: Gennequin Major Philippe H
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (126 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION -- Background -- Definitions and Research Questions -- Significance -- Assumptions -- Books Review and Assessment -- Limitations -- Delimitations -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2 - THE FIRST CLOUDS OF A GROWING STORM -- An Exhausted Monarchy -- An Economic and Financial Crisis -- A Fragmented Society -- The Regeneration Policy, a Geopolitical Gambit? -- The Clash of Ideologies: Enlightenment versus Obscurantism -- A Complex Insurgency: The Peasant, the Greek Infant, and the Brigand -- The Insurgents' Tactics -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 - SUCHET VS THE HYDRA -- Marshall Suchet as a Man and as an Officer -- The Province of Aragon -- Reshaping an Efficient Military Tool -- Counter-Guerrilla Methodology and Tactics -- Economic Development and Counterinsurgency -- Administration Management and Counterinsurgency -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4 - SOULT VS THE HYDRA -- Marshall Soult's Personal Background -- The Province of Andalusia -- The Military Instrument of Power in Counter-Guerrilla Warfare -- The Administrative Tool of Pacification -- Economic Issues and Counterinsurgency -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 - THE SUCCESS OF A NASCENT DOCTRINE? -- Case-Studies Comparison. -- Significance and Measures of Success -- Common Practices -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6 - A BRIDGE TO THE COLONIAL WARS? -- Factors of Success -- French Counterinsurgency Problems -- Spain, the Craddle of the Africains -- GLOSSARY -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER -- APPENDIX A - MAPS -- APPENDIX B - GUERRILLA WARFARE, THEORETICAL APPROACH -- APPENDIX C - III CORPS, ORDER OF BATTLE -- APPENDIX D - ILLUSTRATIONS -- APPENDIX E - SUCHET'S OFFICIAL NOMINATION AS GOVERNOR OF ARAGON -- APPENDIX F - FRENCH PROPAGANDA -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Books -- Thesis -- Periodicals/Journals/Reviews -- Internet Sources.
• Altri titoli varianti: &quote;The Centurions Vs The Hydra&quote; Centurions Vs The Hydra; "The Centurions Vs The Hydra"
• Titolo autorizzato: "The Centurions Vs The Hydra"
• ISBN: 1-78289-432-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163175403321
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