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A review essay on books by (1) Ian F. W. Beckett, Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies: Guerillas and Their Opponents since 1750 (London: Routledge, 2001); (2) Max Boot, The Savage Wars of Peace: Small wars and the Rise of American Power (New York: Basic Books, 2002); (3) Max Boot, War Made New: Technology, Warfare and the Course of History, 1500 to Today (New York: Gotham Books, 2007); (4) Robert M. Cassidy, Counterinsurgency and the Global War on Terror: Military Culture and Irregular War (Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2006); (5) Jeff Goodwin, No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 1945-1991 (Cambridge: Cambridge U Press, 2001); (6) Anthony James Joes, American and Guerrilla Warefare (Lexington: U Press Kentucky, 2000); (7) Anthony James Joes, Resisting Rebellion: The History and Politics of Counterinsurgency (Lexington: U Press Kentucky, 2005); (8) Timothy J. Lomperis, From People's War to People's Rule: Insurgency, Intervention and the Lessons of Vietnam (Chapel Hill: U North Caroluna Press, 1996); (9) John Nagl, Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam ([2nd edition] Chicago: U Chicago Press, 2005, [first published 2002]); (10) David H. Petraeus & James F. Amos, Counterinsurgency (Washington: Dept Army, Field Manual (FM) No. 3-24; Washington: Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Dept Navy, Marine Corps Warfighting Publication (MCWP) No. 3-33.5, December 2006); & (11) Hy S. Rothstein, Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare (Annapolis: Naval Instit Press, 2006).