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ZIN Product Number: 10059339
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 Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN: 0304352721
Release Date: Jan 1, 1992
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The impact of World War II opened the door for weak and impoverished nations to develop military means of defeating modern armies. In China, Korea, Vietnam, Palestine, Cuba, Ireland, Africa, and the former Soviet Union, where battles still rage today—indeed, all over the globe—impassioned revolutions, marked by irregular warfare, guerilla insurgency, and terrorism, turned nations upside down in the name of liberation. Vividly illustrated and packed with punch, this dynamic account of endemic violence, epic character, and the astonishing resourcefulness of commanders and combatants probes the nation in arms as a product of the Western legacy and of communism, religion, and tribal or familial loyalties. A chronology and biographies of crucial figures help delineate the lines leading backward to the prewar era. 7 3/4 X 10 3/8. 70 Color Illustrations, 80 B&W Illustrations
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| | | |  | | | | Acknowledgements | 5 | | Map List | 9 | | Chronology | 10 | | Introduction: Nations in Arms | | | Nationalism and communism | | | Collective security and the new international system | | | Modernity, decolonization, and revolutionary war | | | 1 | China | | | The fall of the Manchus and the rise of the warlords | | | Chinese Communism and the national revival | | | The Long March and the rise of Mao | | | War with Japan, 1931-45 | | | The Chinese Civil War, 1945-9 | | | 2 | Korea | | | The end of Japanese hegemony | | | From partition to war | | | US intervention | | | Chinese intervention and the fall of MacArthur | | | Fighting and negotiating | | | 3 | Southeast Asia | | | Southeast Asia and Western imperialism | | | Burma | | | Indonesia | | | Counter-insurgency in the Philippines and Malaya | | | The rise of the Viet Minh and the French Indo-China War | | | Dien Bien Phu and Geneva | | | 4 | Algeria | | | The French in Algeria | | | The FLN and the pieds noirs | | | The Battle of Algiers | | | Terror and torture | | | The Morice Line and the Challe offensive | | | The end of the Fourth Republic | | | Algerian independence | | | 5 | Africa and South Asia | | | The last days of the British Raj | | | India versus Pakistan | | | Kenya and the Mau Mau | | | Secessionist conflict in the Congo and Nigeria | | | Decolonization and civil war in Angola | | | 6 | Latin America | | | From the Monroe Doctrine to the Cold War | | | The Cuban revolution | | | Che Guevara and foquismo | | | Urban guerrillas | | | The Sandinistas in Nicaragua | | | 7 | Israel | | | Zionism under the British Mandate | | | The War of Independence | | | Suez and the Sinai | | | The Six Day War | | | The Yom Kippur War and the Camp David Accords | | | Lebanon and the intifada | | | 8 | Vietnam | | | Vietnam after Geneva | | | Diem versus Ho | | | Escalation and US intervention | | | The air war | | | Search and destroy | | | Counter-insurgency | | | Tet | | | 'Peace with honor' | | | The fall of Saigon | | | 9 | The end of the Tunnel | | | Conclusion | 209 | | Biographical Notes | 215 | | Further Reading | 218 | | Index | 220 | | Picture Credits | 224 |
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Developing countries, Politics and government, World politics, 1945-, National liberation movements, History - Military / War, History, Military - General, Modern - 20th Century, Politics and government, 1945-, Developing countries, World politics, National liberation movements
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