Nonstate warfare : the military methods of guerillas, warlords, and militias /

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"Armed nonstate actors have received increasing attention since September 11th, 2001, both from scholars and from policy makers and soldiers--and with this attention has come a vibrant debate about whether nonstate civil warfare and insurgency is the future of war, and if so, how it should be c...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Biddle, Stephen D. (Author)
Corporate Author: Council on Foreign Relations
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Asymmetric warfare > Case studies.
Non-state actors (International relations) > Case studies.
Guerrilla warfare > Case studies.
Militia > Case studies.
Guerre asymétrique > Études de cas.
Acteurs non étatiques (Relations internationales) > Études de cas.
Guérilla > Études de cas.
Milice > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
Asymmetric warfare
Guerrilla warfare
Militia
Non-state actors (International relations)
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The fallacy of guerilla warfare
  • Materially optimal behavior
  • Politically achievable behavior
  • Hezbollah in the 2006 Lebanon Campaign
  • The Jaish al Mahdi in Iraq, 2003-2008
  • The Somali National Alliance in Somalia, 1992-1994
  • The ZNG, HV, and SVK in the Croatian Wars of Independence, 1991-1995
  • The Vietcong in the Second Indochina War, 1965-1968
  • Conclusion and implications.

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