Description: There are over three dozen violent insurgencies around the globe today, including in such high-profile countries as Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. If we are to understand modern warfare, we need to understand insurgencies. Waging Insurgent Warfare weaves together an impressive analysis of how groups start, wage, and end insurgencies.
Review Quotes: "Insurgencies have been among the most common forms of warfare since before the Cold War ended. This book examines how they begin, how they fight, and how to defeat them." -- Military Heritage
"There are few scholars who combine Seth Jones' learning and on-the-ground experience. He has distilled both into this concise study of insurgency, and it is first rate: the best overview of this form of warfare in print, and likely to remain so for years to come." -- Eliot A. Cohen, Johns Hopkins SAIS
"A thoughtful, original, and comprehensive analysis of how insurgencies start; the strategies, tactics, and organizational approaches they adopt; and their need for foreign support."- Foreign Affairs
"Waging Insurgent Warfare is unique and highly informative. It provides academics, practitioners, and readers from across disciplines with insights and a structured approach to understanding the phenomenon. It should be required reading for all students of military warfighting." -- Christopher Weimar, H-War