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OverviewThis timely book offers a world history of insurgencies and of counterinsurgency warfare. Working beyond traditional Western-centric narrative, arguing that it is crucial to ground experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq in a global framework. Unlike other studies that begin with the American and French revolutions, this book reaches back to antiquity to trace the pre-modern origins of war. Interweaving thematic and chronological narratives, Black probes the enduring linkages between beliefs, events, and people on the one hand and changes over time on the other hand. He shows the extent to which politics, technologies, and ideologies have evolved, creating new parameters and paradigms that have framed both governmental and public views. Tracing insurgencies ranging from China to Africa to Latin America, Black highlights the widely differing military and political dimensions of each conflict. He weighs how, and why, lessons were “learned” or, rather, asserted, in both insurgency and counterinsurgency warfare. At every stage, he considers lessons learned by contemporaries, the ways in which norms developed within militaries and societies, and their impact on doctrine and policy. His sweeping study of insurrectionary warfare and its counterinsurgency counterpart will be essential reading forstudents of military history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeremy BlackPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Edition: Second Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9781538179406ISBN 10: 1538179407 Pages: 338 Publication Date: 29 June 2023 Recommended Age: From 18 to 22 years Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Insurgency to 1500 3 Contesting Religion and Power, 1500–1700 4 Entering the Modern? The Eighteenth Century 5 Insurgencies in an Age of Imperialism: The Nineteenth Century 6 The Ideology of People’s War Refracted, 1900–1940 7 Insurrections at a Height, 1940–60 8 The Fall of Empires, 1960–80 9 The Variety of Goals and Means, 1980s 10 After the Cold War, 1990s 11 Interventionism and Its Failings, 2000s 12 A World without Shape? The Situation since 2010 13 Speculations about the Future 14 Conclusions Notes Selected Further Reading Index About the AuthorReviewsBlack brings methodological and historiographical sophistication to bear on a vast topic. His insights, grounded in a thorough examination of examples of insurgent warfare from ancient times to the present, will be valuable to military and social historians and to contemporary policy makers alike. Dr. Black reminds us that insurgencies are not new but permeate history. The West would do well to take heed in Dr. Black's conclusion: think global, historical, and flexible. This is military analysis at its most sobering and instructive Dr. Black reminds us that insurgencies are not new but permeate history. The West would do well to take heed in Dr. Black's conclusion: think global, historical, and flexible. This is military analysis at its most sobering and instructive--Edward Gutierrez, Director, Center for Military History and Grand Strategy, Hillsdale College Black brings methodological and historiographical sophistication to bear on a vast topic. His insights, grounded in a thorough examination of examples of insurgent warfare from ancient times to the present, will be valuable to military and social historians and to contemporary policy makers alike.--Stephen Morillo, Wabash College Black brings methodological and historiographical sophistication to bear on a vast topic. His insights, grounded in a thorough examination of examples of insurgent warfare from ancient times to the present, will be valuable to military and social historians and to contemporary policy makers alike.--Stephen Morillo, Wabash College Author InformationJeremy Black is professor emeritus of history at the University of Exeter. His books include The Importance of Being Poirot; The World of James Bond; and A History of the Second World War in 100 Maps. He lives in Exeter, United Kingdom. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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