Inside Insurgency : : Violence, Civilians, and Revolutionary Group Behavior / / Claire Metelits.

Once considered nationalists, many insurgent groups are now labeled as terrorists and thought to endanger not just their own people, but the world. As the unprecedented trends in political violence among insurgents have taken shape, and as hundreds of thousands of civilians continue to be displaced,...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Insurgents and Civilian-Targeted Violence
  • 2. Rivals and the Logic of Insurgent Violence
  • 3. “The Elephant Is Not Yet Dead”
  • 4. From Jekyll to Hyde
  • 5. Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?
  • 6. The Theoretical and Practical Implications of Active Rivalry
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author