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Writing for a general audience that includes, most importantly, military and civilian members of the national security policy community, O'Neill (director of studies of insurgencies and revolution, National War College) presents an analytical framework for understanding insurgency as a form of political violence. He presents chapters that individually consider the nature of insurgency, insurgent strategies, the insurgent environment, popular support, organization and unity, external support, and government response. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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A systematic, comprehensive, and straightforward textbook for analyzing and comparing insurgencies and terrorist movements, Insurgency and Terrorism was first published in 1990 to broad acclaim. Observers, scholars, students, military personnel, journalists, and government analysts worldwide found it worthy of study. Now Insurgency and Terrorism has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover activity that has since occurred in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines, Colombia, and elsewhere and to address the new tactics and weapons used—and threatened. Author Bard E. O'Neill, the director of studies of insurgency and revolution at the National War College, addresses insurgencies with respect to ultimate goals, strategies, forms of warfare, the role and means of acquiring popular support, organizational dynamics, causes and effects of disunity, types of external support, and government responses. Course syllabi included.
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