Encyclopedia of guerrilla warfare

New York: Checkmark Books, 2001. Paperback. Very good(++) with very minor external wear. Binding tight; pages clean.. Quarto in color illus wraps; xxiii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm; bibliographical references (pages 271-276) and index. "Though ostensibly confined to guerilla war, this encyclopedia touches on many other issues as well, particularly the history of colonialism. Becket (history, U. of Luton, England) writes well and knowledgeably about countries, peoples, and struggle. A short list of references follows each entry." Contents: Abane, Ramdane (1920-1957) 1 -- Abd el-Kader (1808-1883) 1 -- Abd el-Krim, Mohammed ben (c. 1882-1963) 1 -- Aden 2 -- Adowa, Battle of (1896) 2 -- Afghanistan 3 -- African National Congress (ANC) 4 -- Airpower 4 -- Akehurst, Gen. Sir John (1930- ) 5 -- Algeria 6 -- Algiers, Battle of (1957) 8 -- American Civil War (1861-1865) 9 -- American Indian Wars 10 -- American War of Independence (1775-1783) 12 -- Angola 13 -- Antonov Revolt (1920-1921) 15 -- Anual, Battle of (1921) 15 -- Arab Revolt, First (1916-1917) 15 -- Arab Revolt, Second (1936-1939) 16 -- Argentina 16 -- Arriaga, Gen. Kaulza Oliveira de (1915- ) 17 -- Ashanti Wars 17 -- Bach-Zelewski, Erich von dem (1899-1972) 19 -- Baker, Maj. Eugene M. (1836-1884) 19 -- Basmachi Revolt (1918-1933) 20 -- Batista y Zaldivar, Fulgencio (1901-1973) 21 -- Begin, Menachem (1913-1992) 21 -- Bell, Gen. J. Franklin (1856-1919) 22 -- Betancourt, Romulo (1908-1981) 22 -- Bifurcation 23 -- Bigeard, Gen. Marcel (1916- ) 24 -- Boer War (1899-1902) 25 -- Briggs, Lt. Gen. Sir Harold Rawdon (1894-1952) 27 -- British army 28 -- Bugeaud, Marshal Thomas-Robert (1784-1849) 30 -- Burma 30 -- Cabral, Amilcar (1921-1973) 33 -- Callwell, Maj. Gen. Sir Charles Edward (1859-1928) 34 -- Cambodia 35 -- Cape Frontier Wars (1779-1878) 37 -- Castro, Fidel (1926- ) 38 -- Challe, Gen. Maurice (1905-1979) 39 -- Chechens 39 -- Chin Peng (1920- ) 40 -- Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) 40 -- Civil Operations and Rural Development Support (CORDS) 42 -- Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) 42 -- Clausewitz, Carl von (1780-1831) 43 -- Collins, Gen. Michael (1890-1922) 43 -- Colombia 44 -- Colonial warfare 45 -- Confrontation, Indonesian/Malaysian (1962-1966) 46 -- Contras 47 -- Cordon sanitaire 48 -- Crook, Maj. Gen. George (1829-1890) 48 -- Cuba 49 -- Custer, Lt. Col. George Armstrong (1839-1876) 50 -- Cyprus 50 -- Davydov, Denis Vasilevich (1784-1839) 53 -- De La Rey, Gen. Jacobus Hercules (1847-1914) 53 -- de Lattre de Tassigny, Jean-Marie-Gabriel (1889-1952) 54 -- de Paiva Couceiro, Henrique Mitchell (1861-1944) 54 -- de Spinola, Marshal Antonio Sebastiao Ribeiro (1910-1996) 54 -- De Wet, Gen. Christiaan Rudolf (1854-1922) 55 -- Debray, Regis (1941- ) 56 -- Decker, Gen. Carl von (1784-1844) 56 -- Dhofar 56 -- Dien Bien Phu, Battle of (1953-1954) 58 -- Dirty war (1976-1977) 59 -- Dutch army 60 -- Dutch East Indies 60 -- East Timor 63 -- Ejercito Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP) 63 -- El Salvador 64 -- Ellinikos Laikos Apeleftherotikon (ELAS) 65 -- Emmerich, Col. Andreas (1737-1809) 65 -- Eritrea 66 -- Erskine, Gen. Sir George (1899-1965) 66 -- Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA) 67 -- Ewald, Lt. Gen. Johann von (1744-1813) 67 -- Fire force 69 -- Firqat 69 -- Foco 70 -- Francs-tireurs 71 -- French army 71 -- French Foreign Legion 73 -- French Indochina 74 -- Frente de Libertacao de Mocambique (FRELIMO) 76 -- Frente Farabundo Marti de Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) 76 -- Frente Nacional de Libertacao de Angola (FNLA) 76 -- Front de Liberation Nationale (FLN) 77 -- Frunze, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1885-1925) 78 -- Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN) 78 -- Gallieni, Marshal Joseph-Simon (1849-1916) 79 -- Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807-1882) 80 -- German army 80 -- Giap, Vo Nguyen (1912- ) 82 -- Godard, Col. Yves (1911-1975) 84 -- Greek Civil War (1946-1949) 84 -- Green Berets 85 -- Grivas, Gen. George Theodorou (1898-1974) 86 -- Guatemala 88 -- Guerre revolutionnaire 89 -- Guevara, Ernesto Che (1928-1967) 91 -- Guillen, Abraham (1912- ) 94 -- Guinea, Portuguese 94 -- Guzman Reynoso, Prof. Abimael (1935- ) 95 -- Gwynn, Maj. Gen. Sir Charles William (1870-1963) 95 -- Hamlet Evaluation System (HES) 97 -- Harding, Field Marshal Lord (Allen Francis John) (1896-1989) 98 -- Hearts and minds 98 -- Helicopters 99 -- Herero Revolt (1904-1906) 101 -- Hilsman, Roger (1919- ) 102 -- Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) 102 -- Ho Chi Minh Trail 104 -- Hofer, Andreas (1767-1810) 105 -- Hot pursuit 105 -- Hukbalahap 106 -- India 109 -- Intelligence 110 -- Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) 111 -- Iraq Revolt (1920) 112 -- Ireland 112 -- Irgun Zvai Leumi 114 -- Irish Republican Army (IRA) 115 -- Israeli army 116 -- Italian army 117 -- Japanese army 119 -- Kabila, Laurent (1939- ) 121 -- Karen Revolt (1949-1955) 121 -- Kenyan Emergency (1952-1960) 122 -- Khmer Rouge 124 -- Kitchener, Field Marshal Earl (Horatio Herbert) (1850-1916) 125 -- Kitson, Gen. Sir Frank Edward (1926- ) 125 -- Komer, Robert William (1922- ) 126 -- Korean War (1950-1953) 127 -- Kuomintang (KMT) 127 -- Kurdistan 128 -- Lansdale, Maj. Gen. Edward Geary (1908- ) 131 -- Laos 132 -- Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935) 133 -- Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich (1870-1924) 134 -- Lettow-Vorbeck, Maj. Gen. Paul Emil von (1870-1964) 135 -- Long March (1934-1935) 136 -- Lyautey, Marshal Louis-Hubert-Gonzalve (1854-1934) 136 -- Maaten, Maj. Gen. Klaas van der (1861-1944) 139 -- MacArthur, Lt. Gen. Arthur (1845-1912) 139 -- Machel, Samora Moises (1933-1986) 140 -- Madagascar 140 -- Magsaysay, Ramon (1907-1957) 141 -- Maji Maji Rising (1905-1907) 141 -- Makhno, Nestor (1889-1935) 142 -- Malagasy Revolt (1947-1935) 142 -- Malayan Emergency (1948-1960) 143 -- Manuals 145 -- Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976) 147 -- Maori Wars 149 -- Marighela, Carlos (1911-1969) 150 -- Marion, Brig. Gen. Francis (c. 1732-1795) 151 -- Marti, Farabundo (d. 1932) 151 -- Massu, Gen. Jacques (1908- ) 151 -- Mau Mau 152 -- McCuen, Col. John Joachim (1926- ) 154 -- McNamara Line 154 -- Media 154 -- Mexico 156 -- Mina, Francisco Espozy (1781-1836) 156 -- Mitchell, Lt. Col. Colin (1925-1996) 156 -- Mondlane, Dr. Eduardo (1920-1969) 157 -- Montoneros 157 -- Moplah Rebellion (1921-1922) 158 -- Morice Line 158 -- Morocco 158 -- Moros 159 -- Movimento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA) 160 -- Mozambique 160 -- Mugabe, Robert Gabriel (1924- ) 161 -- Mujahideen 162 -- Namibia 163 -- Nasution, Gen. Abdul Haris (1918- ) 164 -- National Liberation Front (NLF) 164 -- Navarre, Gen. Henri-Eugene (1898-1983) 165 -- Neto, Dr. Agostinho Antonio (1922-1979) 166 -- Nicaragua 166 -- Nkomo, Joshua (1917- ) 168 -- Northern Ireland 169 -- North-West Frontier 171 -- Office of Strategic Services (OSS) 175 -- Okamura, Gen. Yasuji (1884-1966) 175 -- Organisation d'Armee Secrete (OAS) 176 -- Pacification 177 -- Palestine 177 -- Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) 179 -- Palmach 180 -- Partido Africano da Independencia de Guine e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) 180 -- Partisans 181 -- Pathet Lao 183 -- Peninsular War (1808-1814) 183 -- Pershing, Gen. John Joseph (1860-1948) 184 -- Peru 184 -- Philippines 186 -- Phoenix program 188 -- Pol Pot (1928-1998) 189 -- Police 189 -- Politicization of armed forces 191 -- Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguiet el Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO) 192 -- Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) 192 -- Portuguese army 193 -- Propaganda 195 -- Pseudoforces 195 -- Puller, Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell (1898-1971) 196 -- Reid-Daly, Lt. Col. Ron (1933- ) 197 -- Resettlement 197 -- Resistance 199 -- Resistancia Nacional Mocambicana (RENAMO) 201 -- Rheault affair 201 -- Rhodesia 201 -- Roberto, Holden (1925- ) 204 -- Roberts, Field Marshal Earl (Frederick Sleigh) (1832-1914) 204 -- Rogers, Maj. Robert (1732-1795) 205 -- Roguet, Gen. C.M. (1800-1877) 205 -- Russian army 206 -- Russian Civil War (1917-1921) 206 -- Salan, Gen. Raoul (1889-1984) 209 -- Sandinistas 209 -- Sandino, Augusto Cesar (1893-1934) 210 -- Santa Cruz y Marcenado, Don Alvaro Navia Osoric, Marques de (1684-1732) 212 -- Savimbi, Jonas (1934- ) 212 -- Selous Scouts 213 -- Seminole Wars (1816-1858) 213 -- Sendero Luminoso 214 -- Senussi 215 -- Shamil (c. 1797-1871) 215 -- Simson, Col. Hugh James (1886-1941) 216 -- Smith, Brig. Gen. Jacob Hurd (1840-1918) 216 -- Somaliland 217 -- South African army 217 -- South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) 218 -- Soviet army 219 -- Spanish army 220 -- Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) 221 -- Special Air Service (SAS) 222 -- Special Forces 222 -- Special Operations Executive (SOE) 223 -- Stern Gang 224 -- Strategic hamlets 224 -- Suchet, Marshal Louis-Gabriel, Duc d'Albufera (1770-1826) 225 -- Sumter, Brig. Gen. Thomas (1734-1832) 226 -- Sun Tzu (fl. c. 350 B.C.) 226 -- Taber, Robert 227 -- Tache d'huile 227 -- Tamils 228 -- Tarleton, Gen. Sir Banastre (1754-1833) 228 -- Taruc, Luis (1913- ) 229 -- Taylor, Col. John Rodgers Meigs (1865-1949) 229 -- Templer, Field Marshal Sir Gerald (1898-1979) 230 -- Terrorism 231 -- Tet Offensive 233 -- Thailand 234 -- Thompson, Sir Robert Grainger Ker (1916-1992) 235 -- Tito, Marshal Josip Broz (1892-1980) 236 -- Toussaint L'Ouverture, Pierre Francois Dominique (c. 1743-1803) 237 -- Trinquier, Col. Roger (1908- ) 238 -- Trotha, Gen. Lothar von 238 -- Truong Chinh (1909-1989) 239 -- Tukhachevsky, Marshal Mikhail Nikolaievich (1893-1937) 239 -- Tupamaros 240 -- Tyrolean Revolt (1809) 241 -- Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA) 243 -- United States Army 243 -- United States Marine Corps (USMC) 246 -- Urban guerrilla warfare 248 -- Utley, Lt. Col. Harold Hickox (1885-1951) 250 -- Valentini, Lt. Gen. Georg Wilhelm Freiherr von (1775-1834) 251 -- Vendean Revolt (1793-1796) 251 -- Venezuela 252 -- Vietcong (VC) 252 -- Vietminh 254 -- Vietnam War (1965-1975) 255 -- Walker, Gen. Sir Walter Colyear (1912- ) 259 -- Walls, Lt. Gen. Peter (1926- ) 260. || Guerrilla warfare -- Encyclopedias. Guérilla -- Encyclopédies. Guerrilla warfare. Partisanenkrieg Wörterbuch Encyclopedias. Encyclopedias.