On Revolt: Strategies of National Liberation (Center for International Affairs)

Forfatteren, som er tilknyttet Columbia University, gennemgår og analyserer 7 tilfælde, case-studies, af væbnede konflikter, opstande og revolter, og irregulære krige siden 1945: 1. Revolts and Strategies of National Liberation: The nature of revolt; The British Imprial stage. 2. Revolts against the Crown: The Palestinian archetype: Irgun and the strategy of leverage; Two alternative strategies: agitation in the Gold Coat and communism in Malaya; Two flawed strategies: the Mau Mau in Kenya and the Egyptian Fedayeen in the Suez Canal Zone; Two classical confrontations: containment of EOKA in Cyprus and concession to the NLF in South Arabia. 3. On Revolt: Matrix, Models and a Template: A generation of violent dialogue: the evolving British matrix; The rebel models; An Irish template. 4. The Rebel Vocation: The lethal dialogue. Preface Contents Part I. Revolts and Strategies of National Liberation 1. The Nature of Revolt 2. The British Imperial Stage Part Two. Revolts against the Crown 3. The Palestinian Archetype: Irgun and the Strategy of Leverage 4. Two Alternative Strategies: Agitation in the Gold Coast and Communism in Malaya 5. Two Flawed Strategies: The Mau Mau in Kenya and the Egyptian Fedayeen in the Suez Canal Zone 6. Two Classical Confrontations: Containment of EOKA in Cyprus and Concession to the NLF in South Arabia Part Three. On Revolt: Matrix, Models, and a Template 7. A Generation of Violent Dialogue: The Evolving British Matrix 8. The Rebel Models 9. An Irish Template Part Four. The Rebel Vocation 10. The Lethal Dialogue Sources Notes Index J. Bowyer Bell. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [255]-264.