War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare Paperback – August 1, 2002

Book should be read by world leaders or their nations will be ripe for rebellion. It doesn’t take a large band of rebels to overcome a regime. We must employ these methods to overthrow communist regimes. Why not use these approaches against the communist fascists.

Cool interesting reading!

This book offers keen insights into guerrilla warfare, using examples from history that include "the Flea's" successes and failures. I would give 4 & 3/4 stars if possible, only because this work is from an earlier age that of course does not include more up to date examples. This is definitely worth reading, and is an important study from an earlier time. Buy.

It's important to note the original book was published in 1965. The author witnessed the Cuban Revolution first hand. He covers a lot of what are now well trodden paths concerning the successful revolutions in China and Cuba, but he also covers the revolutions in Ireland and Cyprus, which see much less discussion in modern counterinsurgency studies. Most importantly, he discusses where insurgencies failed and why. That, more than anything else, keeps War of the Flea relevant more than 50 years after it was written.

A little too short. Gives insight into all major insurgencies and enumerates their commonalities. A must for the observants of current affairs.

This book presents a better understanding of the Viet Nam war than any text I have read. This thoughts set out in this book are important readings for those who seem to want to force an insurgency in this country. Civil war is not in any way romantic nor glorious. This book is instructional for those who want to head off such a disaster. While it is fiction, Grisham's new book "Sooley" does a pretty good job of setting out just how low society can become when everyone lets their prejudices lead to a " War of the Fleas."

Seeking to learn more about guerrilla warfare, I read Che's Guerrilla Warfare and Mao's On Guerrilla Warfare, yet I felt somewhat unsatisfied with each of those works and purchased Taber's War of the Flea hoping for better. Taber's work far outshines the works of Che and Mao. Taber has the advantage of not having a legend to defend and draws from both works, as well as The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Taber focuses not only on the Marxist inspired revolutions of recent times, but also on the revolutions of national liberation in Palestine, Cypress, and Ireland. Through all of these, he demonstrates how the application of the philosophy behind Guerrilla warfare presents the organized state or foreign colonist with only the prospect of political and/or military defeat.The lessons in Taber's work are as true today as they have been throughout time. They are lessons that Americans should learn. One cannot win a war against guerrillas. One can either pull out, reach a negotiated defeat, or expend one's precious time, resources and the lives of the young in a hopeless struggle descending into inevitable defeat.

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