Urban guerrilla warfare - Joes, Anthony James (University Press of Kentucky, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index
Introduction -- Warsaw 1944 -- Budapest 1956 -- Algiers 1957 -- São Paulo 1965-1971 and Montevideo 1963-1973 -- Saigon 1968 -- Northern Ireland 1970-1998 -- Grozny 1994-1996 -- Conclusion : looking back and ahead
Guerrilla insurgencies continue to rage across the globe, fueled by ethnic and religious conflict and the easy availability of weapons. Reflecting the massive global movement of population from the countryside to cities, guerrilla conflict in urban areas, similar to the current violence in Iraq, will become more frequent. In his wide-ranging and richly detailed comparative analysis, Anthony James Joes examines eight key examples of urban guerrilla conflict across half a century and four continents