{"product_id":"small-wars-and-insurgencies-in-beatrice-heuser-9781138299788","title":"Small Wars and Insurgencies in Theory and Practice, 1500-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn early modern times, warfare in Europe took on many diverse and overlapping forms. Our modern notions of 'regular' and 'irregular' warfare, of 'major war' and 'small war', have their roots in much greater diversity than such binary notions allow for. While insurgencies go back to time immemorial, they have become conceptually fused with 'small wars'. This is a term first used to denote special operations, often carried out by military companies formed from special ethnic groups and then recruited into larger armies. In its Spanish form, \u003ci\u003eguerrilla\u003c\/i\u003e, the term 'small war' came to stand for an ideologically-motivated insurgency against the state authorities or occupying forces of another power. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is much overlap between the phenomena of irregular warfare in the sense of special operations alongside regular operations, and irregular warfare of insurgents against the regular forces of a state. This book demonstrates how long the two phenomena were in flux and fed on each other, from the raiding operations of the 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century to the 'small wars' or special operations conducted by special units in the 19\u003csup\u003eth \u003c\/sup\u003ecentury, which existed alongside and could merge with a popular insurgency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is based on a special issue of the journal \u003ci\u003eSmall Wars \u0026amp; Insurgencies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Beatrice Heuser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138299782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138299788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Beatrice Heuser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611076182271,"sku":"9781138299788","price":66.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d01b9e4d-3607-4da4-97df-2e9644d33ed2.jpg?v=1764511563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/small-wars-and-insurgencies-in-beatrice-heuser-9781138299788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}