by Max Boot
War of Independence in, xxv, 57, 102–8, 122, 123, 170–71, 215, 376–77, 469, 560
Greek Communists, 363
Greek Orthodox Church, 105
Greek Revolutionary Organization 17 November, 456
Green, Israel, 216
Green Berets, 445, 449
Greene, Graham, 400, 407, 408
Greene, Nathanael, 74, 78
Grenada, 449
grenades, 517
Griffith, Samuel B., II, 341
Griyazanov, Fyodor, 242
Gromov, Boris, 498
Grozny, 158, 478
GSG-9, 458
Guangdong Province, 319, 336
Guantánamo Bay, 162, 526, 531, 549
Guatemala:
civil war in, 448
Guevara in, 434, 435
Gubbins, Colin, 289
Guerre de guerrillas, La (Guerrilla Warfare) (Guevara), 442, 445
guerrilla warfare, guerrillas, 1–201, 205, 266–67, 557–61, 567
in Algeria, 367
as cheap and easy, xx
in Cuba, 431
definition problems with, xxi–xxvi
direct action vs., 289
greatest effectiveness of, 566
importance of forceful personality to, xxi
IRA as, 258
JFK’s advocacy of, 415
liberals and, see liberal revolutions
in Malaya, 379–88
of Mao, 333, 335, 340–43
mystique of (1960s–1970s), 397–99
myth of invincibility of, 326
and native resistance to imperial rule, see imperial wars
North Korean use of, 346
origin of word, xxii, xxiv, 60, 85
origins of, xxxii–xxxiii, xxi, 1–55
partisans vs., 120
public opinion and, 559–61
speed vs. size in, 150–51
terrorism compared with, 209
of Tibetans, 337
as ubiquitous and important, 557–58
as underestimated and overestimated, 558–59
as universal war of weak, 558
“urban,” xxii–xxiii
in U.S. Civil War, 212–13
U.S. failure to learn lessons of, 417–18
Vietnamese use of, 346, 350, 352–53, 356
in the World Wars, 266–67, 269–317
Guevara, Ernesto “Che,” 235, 433–35, 438–49, 457, 467–68, 475, 559
Arafat compared with, 463
asthma of, 433, 435, 446
background of, 95, 433
in Cuban revolution, 427, 428, 435, 438–39, 441–42
death of, 446
Marighella compared with, 447–48
myth of, 447
in spreading of Cuban revolution, xxv, 394, 397
writings of, 413, 434, 435, 441, 442, 445, 489, 524
Guinea-Bissau, 326, 397
Gulf War (1991), 515, 537–38
Gunib, 162
gunpowder, 64, 78, 93, 105, 209, 441
gunpowder empires, 53
Gunpowder Plot, 209
guns, 136, 150, 152, 163, 170, 174, 179, 270, 397, 430
in Algeria, 368, 371
in Entebbe operation, 454
in Irish struggles, 251
terrorism and, 209, 450, 457
Gurkhas, 299, 305
Gurney, Henry, 380
Gutians, 14, 27
Guzmán, Abimael, 507
Habash, George, 452, 461, 477
habeas corpus, 223
Habsburgs:
Austro-Hungarian, 269–71
Spanish, 107
Haddad, Wadia, 452, 455, 461
Hadji Murad (Tolstoy), 160
Hafez, Mustafa, 465
Hahn, Steven, 219, 220
haiduks, 51, 53
Haifa, 9
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, 296, 297
Haining, Robert, 296
Haiphong, 319, 351, 424
Haiti, 56, 92–100, 120, 128, 180, 215, 308, 343, 514, 537, 561
independence of, 99–100, 123
Leclerc in, 97–99, 429
slave revolts in, xxv, 92–95, 100, 205, 219
U.S. troops in, xxvii, 399
Hajim Bey, 281
Hakim, Mohammed Baqir al-, 529
Halberstam, David, 537
Halliday, Jon, 335–36
Hamas, xxix, 22, 98, 461, 470–73, 478, 512, 513, 519, 548, 564
Hamburg, 175
Hamzat Bek, 159
Hancock, John, 65
Handcock, Peter, 197
Han dynasty, 34–39
Hannibal, 53
Hanoi, 319, 351, 355, 395, 409, 424
Hanover, 60–61
Hanson, Victor Davis, 4–5
Haqqani Network, 479, 546, 548
Hara, Kei, 272
Harakat ul-Mujahideen, 523
Hardy, Jocelyn, 263–64
Hardy, Thomas, 284
Hariri, Rafiq, 509
Hariri, Saad, 512
Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 202, 215–16, 261, 432, 447
Harrison, William Henry, 139
Hasan-i Sabbah, 206–7, 208, 508
Hashemites, 283
Hasmonean clan, 6
Hassrick, Royal, 145–46
Hatem, George, 339
Havana, 394, 429, 437, 438, 439
La Cabaña prison in, 441
Havana University, 430, 461
Hayes, Rutherford B., 225
Hearst, Patty, 457
Heath, William, 67
“Hedy,” 290
Hejaz, 276–77, 283
Hejaz railway, 278–80
Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, 496–97, 499
helicopters, 288, 372, 418, 490, 492, 498, 521
Helsinki Watch, 492
Hemingway, Ernest, 431
Henry, Émile, 226–33, 243
Henry, Fortuné, 228
hensoppers, 192, 194
hepatitis, 495
Hercules (yacht), 106
Herero, 193
Herodotus, 17–18, 20, 54
Herod the Great, 23, 154
Hertzog, James Barry, 188
Hesse, in War of Austrian Succession, 60–61
Heydrich, Reinhard, 307
Hezbollah, xxvi, 162, 478, 484, 501–14, 564, 565
as “A-Team of Terrorists,” 513
birthplace and early development of, 503–4
bombings by, 504–10
extensive reach of, 507
hijackings and, 505
hostage taking and, 504, 505–6
Israel and, xxix, 98, 467, 472, 504, 506–13, 548, 560
media outlets and, 508, 511, 512, 513
as political party, 508
secretiveness of, 504
sophisticated warfare of, 511
He Zizhen, 340
Hiba, Ahmed el-, 182
Higgins, William, 505
hijackings, 261, 283, 450–56, 458, 464, 466, 467, 489, 525
Entebbe, 451–56, 458, 467, 476, 525
Hezbollah and, 505
Hill, Elias, 218, 220–21
Hill, J. P., 221
Hilsman, Roger, 422
Himmler, Heinrich, xxiii
Hindu Kush, 168, 176, 332–33, 487
Hippel, Theodor von, 288
Hiroshima, 137
Histories (Herodotus), 17–18, 54
History of Alexander, The (Curtius Rufus), 6
History of the Peloponnesian War (Thucydides), 4, 5
History Will Absolve Me (Castro), 432
hit-and-run tactics, 288–91, 293, 342–43
Hitler, Adolf, xxiv, 109, 271–72, 308, 451
Hizb-i-Islami, 496–97
Hoa Hao sect, 353, 407, 410–12
Hoare, “Mad Mike,” 443
Hobhouse, Emily, 192–93
Hobsbawm, Eric, 51
Ho Chi Minh, 31, 322, 349–53, 362, 393, 420, 449, 475, 559, 566
Castro compared with, 429, 440
death of, 425
&n
bsp; exile of, 349–50
Nasrallah compared with, 508
Ho Chi Minh Trail, 419, 425, 496
Holland, J. C. F., 289
Holocaust, 451, 452–53, 474
Holy Land, 7, 116, 275, 325
holy war, 105
Homage to Catalonia (Orwell), 234
homosexuality, 178–79, 285
Hong Kong, 350
“horns of the bull,” 128
horses, 22, 23, 27, 37, 136, 145, 496
mounted archery and, 35, 41, 43
hostages, 261, 528
beheadings of, 530–31
in Bolivia, 446
British, 168, 169
in Entebbe hijacking, 451–56
Hezbollah and, 504, 505–6
at Munich Olympics, 453, 465, 476
in Tehran, 169, 478, 481–82, 485
Hotel Terminus, 226–27, 230
House of Commons, British, 76, 258, 321
Howard, Thomas Phipps, 96
Howe, Admiral Lord, 70
Howe, Julia Ward, 217
Howe, Samuel Gridley, 103, 215, 217
Howe, William, 68, 70
How to Survive under Siege (Aeneas Tacticus), 54
Hryniewicki, Ignat, 239
Hue, 423
Huk Politburo, 404
Huk Rebellion, xxv, 395, 397, 400–407, 419–20
humanitarian intervention, 107–8
Greek independence and, 103, 107
human rights, 19, 108, 198, 390
in Afghanistan, 492–95
Human Rights Watch, 492
Humphrey, Hubert, 421
Hunan Province, 319, 330–33, 434
Hundred Regiments Offensive (1940), 344
Hundred Years’ War, 45
Hungary, Hungarians, 61, 119, 308, 310, 487
Huns, 17, 26–30, 39, 41
hunter-gatherers, 9
Huntington, Samuel, xxiii, 509
Huron, 135
hush-hush men, 252
hussars, 61
Hussein, King of Jordan, 464
Hussein, Qusay, 539
Hussein, Saddam, xvii, 469, 520, 529, 530
Hussein, Sharif, Emir of Mecca, 277, 283
Hussein, Uday, 539
Hussein (Muhammad’s grandson), 505
Hutus, 509
“hybrid warfare,” 78, 511
Ia Drang Valley, 418
Ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 283
Ibn Taymiyya, 481
Ibrahim Pasha, 106–7
Idanthyrsus, Scythian king, 18
ideology, xxvi, 60, 130, 273
of Castro, 432, 441
importance of, 59
Lansdale’s view of, 408
terrorism and, 209–10, 262
IEDs, xviii, xxviii, 541, 553
Iklé, Fred, 497–98
Imam Ali mosque, 529
immigrants, anarchism and, 229, 230
imperialism, 442, 475
China and, 326–29
end of, 324, 362
seeds of destruction in, 198–201
Imperial Japanese Army, 429
Imperial Light Horse Regiment, 195
Imperial War Cabinet, British, 197
imperial wars, xxv, 124–25, 127–201, 393, 397, 416
reasons for limited native resistance in, 127–32
implications, xxvi, 557–67
Incas, 136
India, 50, 53, 197, 267, 319, 395, 479, 548
British in, xxv, 80, 125, 129–30, 147, 166–77, 187, 255, 298, 299, 301–2, 323, 324
British troops sent back to, 166–67
independence of, 175, 324
Japanese offensive against, 301
Kashmir and, 509
nationalism in, 307
Northwest Frontier of, xxv, 125, 147, 172–76, 191
sepoys from, 166, 167
Thuggee cult in, 209
warfare in, 32–33
Wingate in, 298, 299, 301–2, 304
Indian Army, 173, 178, 305
Indian Removal Act (1830), 140
Indians, in Malaya, 380, 384
Indian Territory, 124, 140, 141
“indirect rule” doctrine, 179–80, 181, 183
Indochina, xxv, 346–63, 448, 564–65
Algeria compared with, 366, 367, 369, 373
France in, 42, 100, 178–81, 319, 322, 323, 326, 346–49, 351–64, 366, 369, 380, 387–88, 392–93, 407, 421, 425, 513, 537, 546
Japan in, 349, 350
Malaya compared with, 380, 386, 387–88
torture in, 354, 355, 376, 386
see also Vietnam War
Indonesia (Dutch East Indies), 267, 307, 319, 323, 326, 395, 523, 547
information operations, 106, 200, 377, 437, 512, 523
Inoue, Junnosuke, 272
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), 435
insurgency, insurgents, xx, xxi, xxiii, xxiv, xxvii, xxviii–xxix, 51
database of, xxvi, 564, 565, 569–89
expansion of range of motivations for, 55
importance of intelligence in, 257–58
importance of political side of, 393
legitimacy of, 563–64
as long-lasting, 564–65
manuals of, 54–55
Mao’s three-stage model of, 341, 343, 353
origins of, 13–15
success of, 559
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), 260–61
International Working Men’s Association (First International), 228
Internet, 54, 229, 512, 517, 523, 531, 567
Interpol, 210, 233
Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistani (ISI), 496
Inukai, Tsuyoshi, 272
IRA, see Irish Republican Army
Iran, 13, 14, 203, 478–479, 492, 524, 526, 545
Hezbollah and, 503–8, 512
hostage crisis in (1970–81), 169, 478, 481–82
Iraq’s war with, 504, 505
suicide volunteers in, 505
Iran-contra scandal, 506
Iraq, 13, 15, 63, 80, 203, 266, 345, 416, 478, 526, 528, 564
Al Qaeda in, see Al Qaeda in Iraq
Assassins and, 203, 207
British in, 70, 255, 282, 287, 390
disintegration of, 532
Feisal made king of, 283
Iran’s war with, 504, 505
Khomeini in, 503, 508
Iraqi security forces, 539–40, 542, 543
Iraq War, xvii–xxii, xxvii–xxix, 84, 127, 180, 194, 287, 345, 469, 472, 486, 507, 513, 527, 528, 565
Algerian War compared with, 375
AQI and, 529–34
“surge” in, 161, 534, 542, 544
U.S. counterinsurgency in, 534–46
Ireland, xxv, 50, 64, 187, 245–59, 264, 557
Boers as inspiration to, 183
rebellion of 1798 in, 80, 101–2, 107
Ireland, Republic of, 391
Ireland, War of Independence in (1919–21), 203, 248–58, 263, 343, 362, 389, 469, 566
see also Irish Free State; Northern Ireland
Irgun, 325, 474, 476
Irish-Americans, 246
Irish Free State, 256–57
Irish Republican Army (IRA), xxiii, xxv, 210, 220, 247, 249–60, 262–63, 289, 391, 397, 415, 476, 511, 559, 564
British spies in, 251
in countryside vs. cities, 258
Dublin Brigade of, 252, 253
Flying Columns of, 254
negotiated settlement opposed by, 256–57
in 1920s vs. 1970s–1990s, 257–58
Provisional, 258, 318, 391, 456, 459, 569
public opinion and, 376–77
Irish Republican Brotherhood (Fenians), 229, 246, 247, 249, 250
Irish Volunteers, 247–50, 255
Iroquois, 11, 139
Isherwood, Christopher, 322
Islam, see Muslims, Islam
Islamabad, 479, 483–84
Islamic Jihad, 503, 520
Islam
ic Movement of Uzbekistan, 479
Islamic revolt (1921), 182
Islamists, xxvi, 461, 481–84, 496, 513–14, 547–48
Isle of Pines, 394, 432–33
Ismailis, 206–8
Israel, 22, 50, 283, 393, 450–55, 461–74, 478, 506–14, 527
Arab terrorism against, 461, 462–63, 465, 467, 470–73
Ben Gurion airport in, 451, 453
Entebbe operation and, 453–55, 467
Hamas and, xxix, 98, 472, 473, 512, 513
Hezbollah and, xxix, 98, 467, 472, 504, 506–13, 548, 560
intelligence service of, 472
kibbutzim in, 417
Olympics and, 453, 465
PFLP and, 450, 451
Suez Canal and, 323
War of Independence of, 461
Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 295, 468, 469, 472–73, 562
in Lebanon, 467, 503, 506, 507, 509–12
Istanbul, 30, 261, 285
Italian-Americans, 230, 231
Italian Legion, 111, 112–13
Italy, 64, 81, 261, 266, 342
al Qaeda in, 521
anarchism in, 203, 229, 230, 231, 233
army of, 118, 297
Fascist, 233, 271
resistance in, 309, 312
terrorism in, see Red Brigades
unification of, xxv, 57, 109–22
in World War II, 266, 288, 289, 296, 297, 308–12, 378
Jaber, Fayez Abdul-Rahim, 450–52
Jackson, Andrew, 140
Jackson, Julian, 309
Jacobins, 80–81
Jacobite rising (1745–46), 50
Jaish al Mahdi (Mahdist Army), xix, 478, 507, 532, 544, 545
Jaji, 479, 519
Jalalabad, 167, 168, 169, 479, 498, 519, 526
Jamaica, 63, 96, 100
James, Henry, 179
James, Jesse, 51, 213
Jamestown, Va., 124, 132–37, 147
janissaries, 42, 107
Japan, 129, 267, 273, 298–309, 319, 323, 379
in China, 307, 309, 326, 328, 338, 343–46, 349
Communist Party in, 343
in Indochina, 349, 350, 351, 429
militarists in, 271, 272
secret police in (Kempeitai), 364
terrorism in, 210
in World War II, 175, 267, 298–308, 321, 324, 351, 403, 409, 497, 504–5
Japanese Red Army, 451, 456, 458
Jedburgh teams, 309
Jeddah, 276, 478, 518
Jemaah Islamiyah, 523
Jenin, 471
Jenkins, Brian, 528
Jerome, Saint, 29
Jerusalem, 6, 207, 282
Arafat in, 460–61
Roman siege of, 1, 4, 21, 23, 154
Temple in, 4, 6
Temple Mount in, 471
Jewish Antiquities (Josephus), 6
Jewish Revolts, xxxii, 4, 7, 24, 54, 209, 310
Jews, 6–7, 162, 471, 483, 531
Entebbe hijacking and, 452–53
French, 365
Polish, 310
as refugees, 325
Romans vs., xxxii, 1–4, 7, 21, 23, 24, 25, 54, 154, 209
terrorism of, 325, 391, 461, 474
Zealot sect of, 154, 516
see also anti-Semitism; Zionists, Zionism
Jiang Qing (Madame Mao; stage name Lan Ping), 339, 340