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1) Guerrillas
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On an unnamed Caribbean Island, political tensions provoked by race and poverty are high. Jimmy Ahmed, a young mixed-race man, has been hailed as a revolutionary leader of the people. Roche, imprisoned for activities against South Africa's apartheid regime, and Jane, a feckless English rich girl wanting to feel a part of something bigger, get sucked into the turmoil and world of Ahmed. But does anyone achieve anything by causing unrest? Do any of...
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Ernesto Che Guevara publicó La guerra de guerrillas en Cuba, en 1960. Este es un manual que mezcla la teoría guevarista del «foquismo» con la experiencia guerrillera cubana. Pretendió que los grupos armados insurgentes marxistas encontrasen enseñanzas aplicables a los territorios en que por entonces operaban (América Latina, África o Asia).
Este libro fue traducido al inglés y el portugués por la CIA y fue utilizado por las fuerzas contrainsurgentes...
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When a ghost organization attempts to become a force to be reckoned with through its control of information, the Five Guerrillas of the 3rd SFG must do all they can-with the help of Ruel Sekhemru-to ensure it doesn't happen.
On a clear night, Steve Cook, Director of the CIA, excitedly waits on the roof of CIA Headquarters in Langley for his first ride in an Apache helicopter. On his way to an important fundraising event, Director Cook attempts...
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While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, A Savage Conflict is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large toll on the Confederate war effort by weakening support for state and national governments and diminishing the trust citizens had in their officials to...
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During the presidency of Richard Nixon, homegrown leftist guerrilla groups like the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army carried out hundreds of attacks in the United States. The FBI had a long history of infiltrating activist groups, but this type of clandestine action posed a unique challenge. Drawing on thousands of pages of declassified FBI documents, Daniel S. Chard shows how America's war with domestic guerillas prompted a host...
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