"The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dog's disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous, and agile an enemy to come to grips with.
In Transforming US Intelligence for Irregular War, Richard H. Shultz Jr. provides a broad discussion of intelligence in combatting nonstate militants. He revisits the innovation of TF 714 during the Iraq War, showing how the defense and intelligence communities can adapt to new and evolving foes.
The Brighton & Hove Contribution to Britain's WW2 Special Operation's Ex
Winston Churchill authorised the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive(SOE), with the order "And now set Europe ablaze". On behalf of the Secret WW2 Network, an educational charity dedicated to revealing hitherto-secret operations to the current generation, Paul McCue tells a main story of four Brighton and ......
How China, Cuba, and Vietnam Transformed Guerilla Warfare
Reds, Revolutions, and Rebellions investigates how insurgent strategies from three revolutionary states-Mao's China, Guevara's Cuba, and Ho Chi Minh's Vietnam-shaped the tactics of armed movements across the Global South. The afterlife of twentieth century communist guerilla warfare still echoes in contemporary warfare as armed Islamist groups, ......
Participation of Children and Youth in the Vietnam War
In Small Revolutionaries, Mai Anh Nguyen analyzes the life histories of young Vietnamese who participated in the military struggle against the US and its South Vietnamese allies from 1955-1975. Their contributions took many forms: intelligence gathering; camp care and maintenance; even the building and destruction of roads using simple tools. ......
Participation of Children and Youth in the Vietnam War
In Small Revolutionaries, Mai Anh Nguyen analyzes the life histories of young Vietnamese who participated in the military struggle against the US and its South Vietnamese allies from 1955-1975. Their contributions took many forms: intelligence gathering; camp care and maintenance; even the building and destruction of roads using simple tools. ......
Colin Gubbins and the Origins of Britain's Special Operations Executive
Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE), which conducted sabotage campaigns and supported resistance movements in Axis-occupied Europe and in Asia, is often described as Winston Churchill's brainchild. But as A. R. B. Linderman reveals in this engrossing history, the real genius behind Britain's clandestine warriors was Colin Gubbins, a ......
World War II Guerrilla Resistance Against the Japanese in the Philippines
Over the course of World War II, guerrillas from across the Philippines opposed Imperial Japan's occupation of the archipelago. Although the guerrillas never possessed the combat strength to overcome the Japanese occupation on their own, they disrupted operations, kept the spirit of resistance alive, provided important intelligence to the Allies, ......