“Far from the model of a rigid prescriptive text, this book
approaches its subject in a way that allows full consideration of
complexities in this difficult area. . . .The author provides not
only a useful text for studies of political violence but also—and
more importantly—a readable guide for security
practitioners.”—Security and Management
“This paperback is a tour de force of modern insurgency. . . .
O’Neill has the capacity to make the reader enter the mind and
tactics of insurgents. The book ends with a self-study syllabus
that can expand the reader's study of terrorism and insurgencies.
O’Neill’s book is highly recommended in this current combat
environment.”—Marine Corps Gazette
“Seminal . . . a modern classic. Dr. O’Neill’s treatise is now
required reading in American and British military schools and war
colleges. Analytical and insightful, O’Neill compares and contrasts
many recent insurgencies and provides a theoretical framework in
which to view current and future struggles.”—Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists
“Should be on every military professional’s reading list and is a
must read for anyone deploying to Afghanistan, Iraq, or any
potential hotspot around the world. . . . Whether one is able to
get one’s hands on the first edition or the revised second edition,
the results will be the same: a greater appreciation and
understanding of the enemy, the battlefield, and what is required
to fight and win in the twenty-first century. . . . Without a
doubt, Mr. O'Neill’s book arms soldiers and leaders with a way to
define the threat and develop ways to defeat it.”—Armor
Magazine
“Well-organized, clearly written, and solidly thought out.”—Marine
Corps Gazette
“A career military man will find it worthwhile to spend some time
reading and studying this book.”—Infantry
“Required reading that should be in infantrymen’s rucksacks and on
the desks of all twenty-first-century national security experts. As
the principal military adviser to two CIA task forces, I used this
text daily. O’Neill’s second edition addresses the tumultuous
beginning of our new century and has direct application on the
battlefield as well as in the classroom. To suppress terrorism, to
undermine terrorism’s ideological support, and to win the war of
ideas, you need some of the better ideas found in this book.”—Col.
Nick Pratt, USMC (Ret.), Director, Program on Terrorism and
Security Studies, and Professor of Strategy and International
Politics, George C. Marshall European Center for Security
Studies
“Anyone interested in the role of force in international affairs
should read Insurgency and Terrorism. Bard O’Neill has educated
thousands of our leaders. Now his celebrated framework for
analyzing insurgencies is available to a wider audience. This book
cries out to be read and studied.”—Maj. Gen. Perry M. Smith, USAF
(Ret.), former U.S. Air Force director of plans
“A gold mine for the library of any serious student of
revolutionary warfare. This may well be the most in-depth and
scholarly treatise on insurgency and terrorism of the decade.”—Gen.
P. X. Kelley, USMC (Ret.)
“Bard O’Neill offers an excellent conceptual framework for studying
insurgencies and terrorism, underscored with numerous real-world
examples. His is the ideal textbook or reference aid for soldiers,
analysts, students, and scholars who seek a better understanding of
contemporary conflicts.”—Chuck Fahrer, assistant professor of
geography, Georgia College and State University
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