Joshua L Gleis

Gebundenes Buch

Withdrawing Under Fire

Lessons Learned from Islamist Insurgencies

Beschreibung

Examines how insurgents fight and what motivates them; Draws lessons from six case studies of Islamist insurgencies: the British withdrawal from Iraq (1920s), the French from Algeria (1960s), the Soviets from Afghanistan (1980s), the Americans from Somalia (1990s), the Israelis from southern Lebanon (2000), and the Israelis from the Gaza Strip (2005); Provides timely, expert guidance for today's challenges in Iraq and Afghanistan

Autor

Joshua L. Gleis is an independent security consultant who earned his PhD in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has been a fellow in the International Security Program at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a visiting scholar at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. He resides in New York City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781597976657
• ISBN-10: 1597976652
• Artikelnr.: 30839243