Bibliograph

Out of the mountains, the coming age of the urban guerrilla, David Kilcullen

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Out of the mountains, the coming age of the urban guerrilla, David Kilcullen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Out of the mountains

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

853286994

Responsibility statement

David Kilcullen

Sub title

the coming age of the urban guerrilla

Summary

"Kilcullen analyzes four megatrends--population growth, urbanization, coastal life, and connectedness-and concludes that future conflict is increasingly likely to occur in sprawling coastal cities, in underdeveloped regions of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia, and in highly networked, connected settings. Kilcullen also offers a unified theory of "competitive control" that shows how non-state armed groups, drug cartels, street gangs, warlords--draw their strength from local populations, providing useful ideas for dealing with these groups and with diffuse social conflicts in general. But for many of the struggles we will face, he notes, there will be no military solution. We will need to involve local people deeply to address problems which neither outsiders nor locals alone can solve. These collaborations will interweave the insight only locals can bring, with outsider knowledge from fields such as urban planning, systems engineering, alternative energy technology, conflict resolution and mediation, and other disciplines"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Ambush in Afghanistan -- 1. Out of the Mountains -- 2. Future Cities, Future Threats -- 3. The Theory of Competitive Control -- 4. Conflict in Connected Cities -- 5. Crowded, Complex, and Coastal -- Appendix: On War in the Urban, Networked Littoral -- Notes -- Index

Target audience

adult

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