Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman mythology

by Mike Dixon-Kennedy

Although many consider Mao Tse-tung and Che Guevara to be its inventors, guerrilla warfare was already well established in biblical times - indeed, it was mentioned as early as a fifteenth-century B.C. Hittite parchment. Encyclopedia of Guerrilla Warfare, the first reference work of its kind, delves into this ancient and infamous art of war, its successes and failures, its practitioners, and its opponents. Entries in this illustrated A-to-Z volume cover topics that include guerrilla warfare from the late eighteenth century to the present; countries, wars, revolts, conflicts, movements, leaders, strategies, and concepts; and traditional guerrilla tactics as well as the latest techniques of modern insurgency and counterinsurgency. Assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, the self-contained entries offer information in an easy-to-understand manner and draw on the know-how of a military expert who was a senior lecturer at Sandhurst, the Royal Military Academy, and a visiting professo