Introduction: Insurgency and the Future On the Nature of Guerrilla War A Greek Drama Insurrections in the Philippines The Agony of French Indochina South Viet Nam: Defeat Out of Victory Afghanistan: The End of the Red Behemoth Conclusion: Guerrilla Insurgency and American Policy Selected Bibliography Index
This book argues that guerrilla insurgencies will be a major feature of the post-Cold War international scene, and that the advisability of intervention in some of them will become a serious issue in American politics. It is therefore necessary for us to refine our understanding of insurgency. Joes analyzes and compares several major insurgencies of this century, all of which the U.S. became involved in to one degree or another.
ANTHONY JAMES JOES is director of the international relations program at St. Joseph's University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. Among his previous writings are Fascism in the Contemporary World
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om the Barrel of a Gun: Armies and Revolutions, and The War for South Viet Nam (Praeger, 1989).
"Professor Joes has completed an outstanding case study analysis of
five post-WW II guerrilla insurgencies that had significant
international political implications well beyond the actual theater
of conflict. This thoroughly researched and well written volume
should be of value to at least two audiences. For the scholar, the
author presents a compelling analysis that outlines in detail the
complex political sources of internal conflict and the degree to
which insurgents skillfully and not so skillfully integrate these
factors into a political-paramilitary strategy. This should
likewise be most useful to the military officer at the Command and
Staff and War College levels. The volume is equally important to
the policymaker."-Richard H. Shultz Director, International
Security Studies Program Tufts University
?. . . Could not have come at a better time for academics, military
strategists and policymakers who must rapidly learn how to not only
react but also to take the initiative in a world where political
instability and attendant armed conflict appear to be the rule and
not the exception. Joes has written a fine historical comparative
overview that is a welcome addition to the growing literature on
low intensity conflict.?-Terrorism and Political Violence
." . . Could not have come at a better time for academics, military
strategists and policymakers who must rapidly learn how to not only
react but also to take the initiative in a world where political
instability and attendant armed conflict appear to be the rule and
not the exception. Joes has written a fine historical comparative
overview that is a welcome addition to the growing literature on
low intensity conflict."-Terrorism and Political Violence
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