List of books and articles about guerrilla warfare. It typically involves the use of ambushes, sabotage, and other offensive tactics meant to overcome an enemys greater numbers. Guerrilla warfare by ernesto che guevara, paperback. Unconventional wars are our most pressing national security concern. What white men thought of as irregular warfare was the norm for native americans. Guerrilla groups are a type of violent nonstate actor. A method 1963 and message to the tricontinental 1967, guevara modified some of his earlier tenets. A historical and critical study 1 by walter laqueur isbn. Guerrilla warfare by ernesto che guevara 9780803270756.
The confederates were confident that they would be excellent guerrilla fighters. Fm 3121 guerilla warfare and special forces operations. All books listed below are available at the modern war institute library. Some guerrilla tactics are probably as old as the first armed groups of cavemen, being a natural evolution of conflict between groups of disproportionate sizes. Psychological operations in guerrilla warfare, by tayacan text at small wars manual 1940 edition, by united states marine corps. On guerrilla warfare by mao zedong, invisible armies. His career is said to have been studied carefully by such. And i firmly believe guerrilla warfare by the south would have been a fools errand. With these words, robert taber began a revolution in conventional military thought that has dramatically impacted the way armed conflicts have been fought. Walter laqueur also has a book on guerrilla warfare i think its just called guerrilla warfare and its more a historical account of guerrilla warfare, and quite old i think its from the 1970s. New york times bestselling author and military historian max boot traces guerrilla warfare and terrorism from antiquity to.
Guerrilla warfare by ernesto che guevara written in 1961 table of contents click on a title to move to that section of the book. Insurgencies, guerrilla warfarewhatever we chose to call this type of violence. Few figures in the history of guerrilla warfare have been as influential and successful as michael collins 18901922, the irish revolutionary leader. Those tactics and techniques, being used today by u. A method 1963 chapter 5 message to the tricontinental 1967 part 6 iii case studies of guerrilla movements and political change. The time gained is necessary either to develop sufficient military strength to defeat the enemy forces in orthodox battle as did mao in china. A historical the register of 517 the kentucky historical society vol. Walter laqueur has 104 books on goodreads with 7651 ratings. The union did nothing to win the tribes loyalty for the first two years of the war, and several of the tribes signed a treaty with the confederacy. The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dogs disadvantages. Published in 1961 following the cuban revolution, it became a reference for thousands of guerrilla fighters in various countries around the world. When the war broke out in 1939 no one thought that guerrilla operations would play any material part at all in the critical years ahead. His own experience of political upheaval started with fleeing nazi germany as a teenager. Dude is brilliant, but his books are very very dense.
Psychological operations in guerrilla warfare, by tayacan text at small wars manual 1940 edition, by. The book draws upon guevaras personal experience as a guerrilla soldier during the cuban revolution. Walter laqueurs study of guerrilla warfare is intended to offer a critical interpretation of guerrilla and terrorism theory and practice throughout history, and co vers both psychological and political aspects. In 1938, he left germany, immigrating to the british mandate of palestine. In most cases, the leaders have clear political aims for the warfare they wage. Guerrilla warfare project gutenberg selfpublishing. After a year of study at the hebrew university of jerusalem, laqueur joined a kibbutz and worked as an agricultural laborer from 1939. Buy guerrilla warfare by guevara, ernesto che isbn. The united states is now clearly involved in a guerrilla war in the sunni regions of iraq. The book consists of three chapters, with several numbered subsections in each. Theyre also the most ancient form of war in the world. Recall that you can search for text strings in a long document like this. The strategy and tactics of guerrilla warfare tend to focus around the use of a small, mobile force competing against a larger, more unwieldy one.
The broad strategy underlying successful guerrilla warfare is that of protracted harassment accomplished by extremely subtle, flexible tactics designed to wear down the enemy. It is obviousand writers on the theme have said it many timesthat war responds to a certain series of scientific laws. Recognizing the fundamental disparity between agrarian and urban societies, mao advocated unorthodox strategies that converted deficits into advantages. Part 1 i introductionguerrilla warfare, revolutionary theory, and revolutionary movements in latin america part 2 ii che on guerrilla warfare chapter 3 guerrilla warfare 1960 chapter 4 guerrilla warfare. About the author walter laqueur was director of the. Walter laqueur s most popular book is a history of zionism. Synopsis walter laqueur s study of guerrilla warfare is intended to offer a critical interpretation of guerrilla and terrorism theory and practice throughout history, and co vers both psychological and political aspects. This paper traces such conceptualisations of guerrilla warfare. The concept of guerrilla warfare is not decades, but many centuries old, with earliest writing on the subject by sun tzu dating back to the 6th century bc.
Germany, soviet russia, and the world, 19391941 by bernd wegner berghahn books, 1997. An epic history of guerrilla warfare from ancient times to the. The contemporary historian and journalist walter laqueur, who has died aged 97, made the great issues of the past century accessible to a wide readership in the almost 100 book titles that bear his name as author or editor. Suppressing a guerrilla operation without alienating the indigenous population represents an extreme.
It took the south more than 100 years and the widespread use of air conditioning to fully recover economically from the civil war. It did not aim at providing a general theory of political violence, nor did it give instructions on how to. Read the fulltext online edition of communist guerilla warfare 1954. Che guevara by guevara, ernesto che and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Derived from the spanish word for little war, guerrilla warfare is waged by a small and mobile armed force against a larger, more regimented force. Together with its sequel terrorism and two companion readers it was part of a wider study. Cobra c1985, by timothy zahn multiple formats with commentary at baen free library filed under. Guerrilla warfare guerrilla warfare strategy and tactics. Guerilla warfare in the vietnam war 620 words 3 pages. Guerrilla warfare, written in 1960, outlines guevaras doctrine for guerrilla fighters, especially against caribbeanstyle dictatorships. Guerrilla organization ranges from small, local rebel groups of a few dozen guerrillas, to thousands of fighters, deploying from cells to regiments.
His tactical and strategic mastery of urban guerrilla techniques showed what a determined minority could do against an oppressive system of domination. Walter laqueur was born in breslau, lower silesia, germany today wroclaw, poland, into a jewish family. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. When guerrillas obey the laws of conventional warfare they are entitled, if captured, to be treated as ordinary prisoners of war. As the author makes clear, every book has a history. A small country such as north vietnam was able to win a war against a superpower like the united states of america, through, namely, tactics such as guerrilla warfare, the ignorance of their enemy, the attitude of the south vietnamese, as well as a strong leader such as ho chi minh. Books by walter laqueur author of a history of zionism. Definition the term guerrilla warfare entered the modern lexicon during the napoleonic wars. Guerilla warfare guerrilla warfare, the basis of the struggle of a people to redeem itself, has diverse characteristics, different facets, even though the essential will for liberation remains the same.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Max boot on the lessons of insurgency we seem unable to learn. Decoy missiles and rockets can be fired first, then followed up by the real missiles and rockets or the decoys can be mixed in with the real. Recent historiography of guerrilla warfare in the civil. American revolution reinvents guerrilla warfare in the new book invisible armies, author max boot traces the role of guerrilla warfare through history, starting in. Guerrilla warfare is born and grows in the political environment. His parents, who were unable to leave, were murdered in the holocaust.
It did not aim at providing a general theory of political violence, nor did it give. Guerrilla tactics guerrilla tactics the use of decoy rockets and missiles fire decoy missiles and rockets at the enemy in order to overwhelm their antimissile systems patriot, iron dome, etc. Invisible armies presents an entirely original narrative of warfare, which demonstrates that, far from the exception, loosely organized partisan or guerrilla warfare has been the dominant form of military conflict throughout history. Although it might be an exiting retrospection, regarding the paramilitarian. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, the times does.
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