Encyclopedia Of Insurgency And Counterinsurgency

Description: This encyclopedia examines insurgencies-and the counterinsurgency efforts they prompt-through history, addressing military actions and the techniques and technologies employed in each conflict, significant insurgency leaders, and the leading theorists, with emphasis on the "small wars" of the 20th century and most recent decades. The clear, concise entries provide a breadth of coverage that ranges from the Maccabean Revolt in 168-143 BCE and the Peasants' Revolt in Germany in the 1500s to the American Revolutionary War and the ongoing insurgency in Syria. Readers will gain a solid understanding of how insurgency warfare and counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy has played a key role in the U.S. conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 21st century, and grasp how this important military strategy has evolved during modern times.

Review: "Few publishers do encyclopedias better than ABC-CLIO and no editor is more prolific than Spencer C. Tucker... All his products are excellent and this is no exception... All the ABC-CLIO encyclopedias are attractive volumes and are worthy acquisitions for libraries that seek such a resource." - ARBA





Author Biography: Spencer C. Tucker retired in 2003 after 36 years of university teaching, the last six as holder of the John Biggs Chair in Military History at the Virginia Military Institute. He is currently Senior Fellow in Military History for ABC-CLIO Publishing. Dr. Tucker has written or edited 46 books or encyclopedias treating military and naval history, a number of which have won important awards.

Insurgencies and counterinsurgencies have played a key role in modern warfare.