Insurgency, terrorism, and crime : shadows from the past and portents for the future / Max G. Manwaring ; foreword and afterword by Edwin G. Corr.

Author: Manwaring, Max G.

Imprint:Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2008.

Descriptionxiv, 290 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Foreword / Edwin G. Corr. -- A multiple conflict syndrome: The Colombian insurgency -- Transforming war into "Superinsurgency": Hugo Chavez and fourth-generation warfare -- A multidimensional paradigm for political-terrorist war: Al Qaeda's approach to asymmetric warfare -- Sovereignty under siege: Gangs and other criminal organizations in Central America and Mexico -- An unorthodox military movement into and out of power: Preventive insurgency and democratic transition in Portugal, 1974 and beyond -- From defeat to power in four hard lessons: The Uruguayan Tupamaros' sea change, 1962-2005 -- Reflections on the successful Italian counterterrorism effort, 1968-1983 -- Afterword: The Manwaring paradigm as a guide to U.S. national security in asymmetric warfare and for strengthening the U.S. national security system / Edwin G. Corr.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278) and index.

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