Guerrilla Warfare: Insurgents, Rebels, and Terrorists from Sun Tzu to Bin Laden

The history of the world's most brutal surprise attacks: guerrilla warfare.

Since man's earliest days, there has been conflict and, also from that point, unconventional forms of action where the norm was abandoned and the unorthodox employed. Here, historian David Rooney selects examples of the leaders who, for personal, religious, tribal, or national ambitions, have been trailblazers in this form of warfare.

Tracing the origins of guerrilla theories back to the Maccabees, the author moves ...