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SWJ Book Excerpt – “War Amongst the People: Critical Assessments” - Conclusion: War, the People, and Politics

Mon, 10/28/2019 - 12:44am
"War Amongst the People: Critical Assessments" - Edited by David Brown, Donette Murray, Malte Riemann, Norma Rossi and Martin A. Smith, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Published by Howgate Publishing, May 2019.

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Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution – Book Excerpt – Chapter 4: Koos de la Rey SWJED Sat, 10/27/2018 - 12:33am
There are very few guerrilla leaders to have a popular song made about them nearly one hundred years after their death, but this was just the case with the Afrikaans singer Bos van Blerk’s 2006 album, de La Rey. Boer General Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey more popularly called Koos, a shortened Dutch form of Jacob, also widely known as Lion of the West or Western Transvaal, was memorialized by the song that attracted a groundswell of support from young South African Boers seeking a leader from the past.
Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution – Book Excerpt – Chapter 3: Simon Bolivar SWJED Sun, 09/23/2018 - 1:00pm
Simon Bolivar made a successful career of failures, defeats, elimination of competing fellow countrymen and repeated exiles manifested in the numerous early short-lived republics of Venezuela.
Book Excerpt – “Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution” SWJED Sun, 01/28/2018 - 3:45pm

The Casemate Short History series. "Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution" is a compendium of prominent guerilla leaders including George Washington, Simon Bolivar, Mao Zedong and King Ibn Saud.

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