TY  - BOOK
AU  - POLK William R
TI  - Violent politics: a history of insurgency, terrorism and guerilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq 
SN  - 9780061236198 (hbk.) :
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper
KW  - INSURGENCIES
KW  - COUNTERINSURGENCIES
KW  - GUERILLA WARFARE
KW  - TERRORISM
N2  - Excellent survey of a dozen insurgencies ranging from America's own revolutionary guerilla war against the British to Afghanistan's defeat of the Russians. Also features chapters on the Philippines, Algeria, Vietnam, Ireland, Kenya, Yugoslavia and Greece. Among the observations are that successful counterinsurgencies are not common, that it is impossible to return a situation to pre-revolutionary status, that the costs in human, social and financial senses of fighting insurgencies is enormous, and that the methods used risk undermining the very principles that the United States claims to be upholding in its war on terror
ER  -