Blood Revenge in Irregular Warfare - Causes and Consequences of a Lingering Custom

This book offers an original assessment of the ways in which the sociocultural code of blood revenge and its modern remnants shape irregular warfare.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Conceptualising Blood Revenge 3. The Erosion of Blood Revenge in Modern Society 4. The Role of Blood Revenge in Irregular Warfare 5. The Erosion of Blood Revenge in Irregular Warfare 6. Conclusion

About the author

Roberto Colombo is a doctoral researcher in Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow. He is co-author of Counterinsurgency Warfare and Brutalisation (2021).
Emil A. Souleimanov is a full professor at the Department of Security Studies, Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University. He is author of Understanding Ethnopolitical Conflict (2013) and co-author of Counterinsurgency Warfare and Brutalisation (2021).

Summary

This book offers an original assessment of the ways in which the sociocultural code of blood revenge and its modern remnants shape irregular warfare.

Product details

• Authors: Roberto Colombo, Emil Souleimanov, Souleimanov Emil
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032481241
• ISBN: 978-1-032-48124-1
• No. of pages: 108
• Weight: 210 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Terrorism, armed struggle, Military and defence strategy, Armed Conflict, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science