Download or read book Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies written by Ian F. W. Beckett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-07-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today. Insurgency remains one of the most prevalent forms of conflict and presents a crucial challenge to the international communi