01387nam a2200205 a 4500 ASIN8182744083 20170105102844.0 130805s2009 xxu eng d 8182744083 (hardcover) $52.95 9788182744080 (hardcover) 0 00000 Weir. Guerilla warfare / Weir. [S.l.] : Motilal UK Books of India, 2009. 253 p. ; 24 cm. The twentieth century produced scores of such conflicts, whether as sideshows of the world wars or as the main events in wars of revolution or liberation. "Guerrilla Warfare" examines twenty-one of these conflicts, shedding light on the remarkable capabilities of unconventional fighters to outlast and defeat their enemies. "Guerrilla Warfare" covers a century of unconventional fighters at war including: succinct accounts of 21 guerrilla conflicts in the twentieth century; the exploits of men like Lawrence of Arabia, Orde Wingate, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevera; the American hunt for Pancho Villa; Mao versus Chiang in the Chinese Civil War; the showdown at Dien Bien Phu in 1954; France's long war in Algeria; the Siege of Khe Sanh in the Vietnam War; the Afgan-Soviet War from 1979 to 1989; and, more. Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8182744083/chopaconline-20 ddc BK 13998 13998 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-08-05 0 355.0218 WEI 2009 CIPS0000515 2013-08-05 2017-01-05 BK