| Description |
xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
The Stackpole Military history series |
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Stackpole military history series.
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| Contents |
Invisible enemies : the Boer War, 1899-1902 -- Civilizing with a krag : the Philippine wars, 1899-1913 -- Unwelcome liberators : Veracruz and the Villa Expedition, 1914-1916 -- Most irregular regulars : von Lettow-Vorbeck in East Africa, 1914-1918 -- Triumph of the outside agitator : Lawrence in Arabia, 1916-1918 -- The Russian Revolution and the army without a country, 1917-1918 -- Chaos on the continent, 1917-1921 -- Black and Tans, Republicans and Staters : two Irish wars, 1918-1922 -- Stirrings in the Arab world : the Rif War, 1921-1926 -- Holy warriors in the holy places : Ibn Saʻūd in the Hejaz, 1925 -- The "protracted war" of Mao Zedong : Chinese Civil War, 1927-1950 -- Crazy Orde : mad master of guerrilla war, 1936-1944 -- The Ustas̆e, the Cĕtniks and Tito, 1941-1980 -- The prince of tides : inside Inch'on, 1950 -- Spooks and Huks : the "ugly American" in action, 1945-1951 -- Showdown at Dien Bien Phu : Indochina War, 1954 -- The high cost of terror : Algerian War, 1954-1962 -- The restless life of Che Guevara, 1956-1967 -- Mad Mike and the Mercs : First Congo War, 1960-1965 -- Two traps, one bait : Khe Sanh, 1968 -- "Giving the Soviet Union its Vietnam War" : the Afghan-Soviet War, 1979-1989 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-232) and index |
| Subject |
Guerrilla warfare -- History -- 20th century.
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Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
2008002323 |
| ISBN |
9780811734974 |
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0811734978 |
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