Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
- ISBN-10
- 0871404249
- ISBN-13
- 9780871404244
- Series
- Invisible Armies
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 750
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-15
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Max Boot
Description
Describes the history of unconventional and nontraditional warfare from the nomads used by Alexander the Great to the shadowy modern battlefields of the post-9/11 era and featuring a diverse cast of historical tacticians and revolutionaries from Mao Zedong to Edward Lansdale.
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