Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Guerras Y Civilizaciones/ War and CivilizationsAuthor: Chaliand, Gerard/ Terre, Jordi (TRN)Publisher: Paidos Iberica Ediciones S APublication Date: 2007/04/30Number of Pages: 349Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress:

Product Description: Nomadic Empires sheds new light on 2,000 years of military history and geopolitics. The Mongol Empire of Genghis-Khan and his heirs, as is well known, was the greatest empire in world history. For 2,000 from the fifth century b.c...read more

Product Description: In Mirrors of a Disaster, Gérard Chaliand narrates the major events that followed the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru with the scope and rhythm of an epic poem. He seeks to make meaningful the strict chronicle of a conquest through those who lived it...read more

Product Description: El concepto de Estado-nación, originado en la Revolución Francesa, trajo consigo la muerte de los imperios multiculturales. Desde entonces todos ellos han ido desapareciendo, siendo el último el de la Unión Soviética. El presente volumen analiza esta cuestión y resume, con la ayuda de detallados mapas, más de cuarenta impe...read more

Traces the history of the Kurds and their search for independence

Examines displaced cultures throughout the world, including Jewish, African, Irish, Armenian, and Palestinian diasporas (view table of contents)

'Fast-paced, dramatic account of the conquests of Mexico and Peru is intended for general readership. Also includes some discussion of recent historiographical issues and lengthy quotations from published historical documents'--Handbook of Latin AmericanStudies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

Product Description: This engrossing anthology gathers together a remarkable collection of writings on the use of strategy in war. Gérard Chaliand has ranged over the whole of human history in assembling this collection—the result is an integration of the annals of military thought that provides a learned framework for understanding global political history...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Gerard Chaliand, an internationally acknowledged authority on guerrilla wars and resistance movements, was commissioned by the United Nations to report on the situation of the Kurds following the Gulf War. His book serves as an excellent introduction to the Kurdish issues. It provides a history of the Kurdish communities from their foundations, covering their eventual incorporation into the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century, the great Kurdish revolts of the 19th century, and the crucial period following the First World War. Chaliand documents the precarious situation of the Kurds in recent times, culminating in the tragic exodus of Kurdish refugees fleeing from Saddam Hussein's brutal repression to a dubious welcome in Turkey. He also deals with the situation in the UN-protected 'safe havens', where the Kurds have achieved a degree of autonomy in the teeth of the opposition of all the surrounding regimes. What makes this book unique is the detailed analysis of the political situation of the Kurds in contemporary Iran, Iraq and Turkey. Chaliand explains the position of the multifarious Kurdish political groups, examines the legislation affecting Kurdish life, and considers the role of the Kurds in recent Middle Eastern confrontations. His portrayal of the Kurdish political parties and their often conflicting aspirations offers insights that even the specialist reader will find of great relevance.

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Product Description: Why do terrorists resort to spectacular - and often futile - acts of violence? For some thirty years after the Second World War, popular movements fought for liberation from colonial rule. But since the late 1960s, terrorism has increasingly become a substitute for popular struggle...read more

Product Description: This unique anthology of writings on revolutionary warfare and counterinsurgency covers almost all the major struggles of the modern world. Chaliand, who has had firsthand experience with guerrilla movements in Afghanistan, Africa, and Latin America, provides a concise yet panoramic overview of political and military strategies in revolutionary warfare, noting their strengths, limitations, and pathologies...read more

Product Description: Book by Chaliand, Gerard