ISBN10: 0275989909, ISBN13: 9780275989903, [publisher: Praeger Security Int.] Hardcover VIII; 211 S. Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - World War X: The Revolution in Global Insurgency -- Big Powers and Small Wars: The Paradoxes of Asymmetric Conflict -- Russian Military Culture and Counterinsurgency: Pavlov Meets Jihad -- British Military Culture and Countermsurgency: Less Is Better -- American Military Culture and Counterinsurgency: Another Street Without Joy -- Success in Countermsurgency -- Notes Bibliography. // Since September 2001, the United States has waged what the government initially called the "global war on terrorism (GWOT)." Beginning in late 2005 and early 2006, the term Long War began to appear in U.S. security documents such as the National Security Council's National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and in statements by the U.S. Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the JCS. The description Long War-unlimited in time and space and continuing for decades-is closer to reality and more useful than GWOT. Colonel Robert Cassidy argues that this protracted struggle is more correctly viewed as a global insurgency and coun-terinsurgency, AI Qaeda and its affiliates, he maintains, comprise a novel and evolving form of networked insurgents who operate globally, harnessing the advantages of globalization and the information age. They employ terrorism as a tactic, subsuming terror within their overarching aim of undermining the Western-dominated ...
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ISBN10: 0275989909, ISBN13: 9780275989903, [publisher: Praeger] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.06
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 0275989909, ISBN13: 9780275989903, [publisher: Praeger Security International, Westport, CT] Hardcover 211pp. Owner's signature on endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
[AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]

Westport, CT Praeger Security International 2000 Hardcover Fine in Fine jacket 211pp. Owner's signature on endpaper. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.

ISBN10: 0275989909, ISBN13: 9780275989903, [publisher: Praeger] Hardcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
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ISBN10: 0275989909, ISBN13: 9780275989903, [publisher: Praeger] Hardcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
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