Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare From Ancient Times to the Present

Boot, Max

ISBN 10: 0871404249 / ISBN 13: 9780871404244

Edité par Liveright Publishing, New York, 2013

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First printing. Near Fine in Fine jacket. Book has small bump to bottom front spine corner, appears as new. N° de réf. du vendeur 18743

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Titre : Invisible Armies: An Epic History of ...

Éditeur : Liveright Publishing, New York

Date d'édition : 2013

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Near Fine

Etat de la jaquette : Fine

Edition : First Edition

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Synopsis :

Beginning with the first insurgencies in the ancient world--when Alexander the Great discovered that fleet nomads were harder to defeat than massive conventional armies--Max Boot, best-selling author and military advisor in Iraq and Afghanistan, masterfully guides us from the Jewish rebellion against the Roman Empire up through the horrors of the French-Indochina War and the shadowy, post-9/11 battlefields of today. Relying on a diverse cast of unforgettable characters--not only Mao and Che but also the legendary Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi, the archaeologist-turned-military commander T. E. Lawrence, and the "Quiet American" Edward Lansdale, among others--Boot explodes everything we thought we knew about unconventional combat. The result is both an enthralling read and our most important work on nontraditional warfare.

À propos de l?auteur:

A Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a renowned military historian, Max Boot is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and is the author of The Savage Wars of Peace and War Made New.