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008			080311s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2008271906
020			_a9780061236204
040			_aDLC _cPUL _dDLC
050	0	0	_aJC328.5 _b.P64 2007
100	1		_aPolk, William Roe, _d1929-
245	1	0	_aViolent politics : _bA history of insurgency, terrorism & guerrilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq. _cWilliam R. Polk.
250			_aUpdated and expanded., 1st Harper Perennial ed.
260			_aNew York : _bHarper, _cc2007.
300			_axxvi, 277 p. ; _c21 cm.
500			_aPrevious edition: New York : HarperCollins, 2007.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-266) and index.
505	0	0	_gThe _tAmerican insurgency -- _gThe _tSpanish guerrilla against the French -- _gThe _tPhilippine 'insurrection' -- _gThe _tIrish struggle for independence -- _tTito and the Yugoslav partisans -- _gThe _tGreek resistance -- _tKenya and the Mau Mau -- _gThe _tAlgerian war of national independence -- _gThe _tVietnamese struggle against the French -- _tAmerica takes over from France in Vietnam -- _gThe _tAfghan resistance to the British and the Russians.
520			_aAn examination of the role of insurgent tactics in world conflicts throughout the past two-and-a-half centuries places current issues in a context of world history while covering events that marked such examples as the war in Iraq.
650		0	_aInsurgency _xHistory.
650		0	_aTerrorism _xHistory.
650		0	_aGuerrilla warfare _xHistory.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008271906-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008271906-d.html
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