This innovative anthology expands the concept of privilege; exploring how gender; class; race; sexual orientation; (dis)ability and religion interact to create multifaceted layers of privilege and oppression.
#2413250 in Books The University Press of Kentucky 2004-07-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .95 x 5.98l; 1.16 #File Name: 0813190959432 pages
Review
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Insightful and timelyBy Stratiotes Doxha TheonCovers the American experience in guerrilla warfare where Americans have been the insurgents (such as in the revolution and war between the states); counter-insurgents (such as in the post Spanish-American war Phillipines); and as assiting insurgents (as in the Soviet-Afghan war). Each chapter provides a well-written and informative description of its subject conflict followed by an insightful analysis of successful and unsuccessful outcomes. The analysis is at a good depth for understanding the complexities of the question while still providing the tools you can use to draw your own conclusions. It is amazingly thorough for the number of pages given to the various conflicts; any one of which could fill volumes. Though it pre-dates the post-9/11 world; the lessons it has to offer in the realm of countering terrorism and insurgency are inumerable. A good introduction to the subject that you will want to keep referring back to again and again for answers to insurgency challenges.6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Slow Going;By Terry TuckerThe author explores 9 examples of Americans in Guerrila war; 2 as the insurgent; 3 as counterinsurgent and the remaining can be classed as Foreign Internal Defense; which; depending on your inclination is a sub set of Security and Stability Operations or Counterinsurgency. In the remaining 4 cases; FID is support by proxy and copious amounts of US Cash and material.The book is ok but glosses over much. My suggestion? get a copy of Dr.David Kilcullen's "28 Articles Fundamentals of Company Level Counterinsurgency" This is free you can download it from either the CGCS or NDU Website. Now pick a conflict in history and use the 28 articles and formulate them into questions as you explore the conflict of your choice. You will gain a greater understanding of the complexities of COINTerry Tucker;US Army; SGM; Ret; PhDCSTC-AfghanistanTrainer and Doctrine Developer6 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Misleading title and poor historyBy Brian CarterI read the first two chapters and then returned the book because it was so bad. While I expected a book examining guerilla warfare with analysis and comments on the guerrilla and counterinsurgency strategies; it was only a sophmoric recitation of events that involved guerillas at some point. For example; in Chapter 1 about partisans during the American Revolution; he spent less than 5 pages discussing the impact of the guerillas; who they were and how they operated. In Chapter two; he spends about 7 pages on Southern guerillas in the Civil War; and then launches into a 40 page tirade against the Southern military; Southern leaders; and the root cause of Southern secession. In a book that is supposed to discuss guerilla warfare; the author feels compelled to spend two pages making his case for what he believe caused the war. There are 1500+ page books on this war; where authoritative historians don't even attempt to divine the "root" cause. This is just the ramblings of somebody on various historic events; that they have anything to do with guerilla warfare is purely coincidental.
