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War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare

By Robert Taber

Book information

Publisher
Potomac Books
Year
2002
ISBN
1574885553, 9781574885552
LCC
U240.T1523 2002
Open Library ID
OL8743188M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12097808 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
228\228
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-09-03 00:00:32

Description

"The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dog's disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous and agile an enemy to come to grips with." With these words, Robert Taber began a revolution in conventional military thought that has dramatically impacted the way armed conflicts have been fought since the book's initial publication in 1965. Whether ideological, nationalistic, or religious, all guerrilla insurgencies use similar tactics to advance their cause. War of the Flea's timeless analysis of the guerrilla fighter's means and methods provides a fundamental resource for any reader seeking to understand this distinct form of warfare and the challenge it continues to present to today's armed forces in the Philippines, Colombia, and elsewhere. This new edition contains a foreword by Bard E. O'Neill, the director of studies of insurgency and revolution at the National War College.

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