Author : Paul Tompkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781493637539
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (375 download)
Book Synopsis Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary and Resistance Warfare (Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies Series) by : Paul Tompkins
Download or read book Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary and Resistance Warfare (Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies Series) written by Paul Tompkins and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the preface: "Since the original publication of Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary, and Resistance Warfare in 1963, much has changed, and much remains relevant. The Internet, the globalization of media, the demise of Soviet Communism and the Cold War, and the rise ofIslamic fundamentalism have all impacted the nature and functionality of undergrounds. The original study's observation, however, thatfor every guerilla fighter, there are from two to twenty-seven underground members is still true. Likewise, the report's main thesis-that the underground part of an insurgency is the sine qua non of all such movements-is demonstrably accurate today. This book examines the anatomy of undergrounds in various insurgencies of recent history. Our goal is to continue the groundbreaking work performed in the original study and update it with insights from the post-Cold War world. Primary source material for this book comes from the Tier I and Tier II Case Studies written as part of the Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies project. Hence, these case studies should be used as companion documents for this study.