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🪶 Insurgency Tactics

A focused study of the methods insurgent forces employ — from ambush and sabotage to propaganda — and why conventional militaries struggle to counter them.
Counterinsurgency Warfare
by David Galula • 1964
The guerrilla blends into the population. This book showed armies how to separate the two.
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1k+
⚔️ Counterinsurgency✊ Revolutionary Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare 90%
The guerrilla blends into the population. This book showed armies how to separate the two.
by David Galula 1964
4.02
1k+ ratings
⚔️ Counterinsurgency✊ Revolutionary Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
Basics of Resistance
by Claire Wolfe • 2018
The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.
4.04
67
🪧 Civil Resistance✊ Direct Action🕵️ Tradecraft
Basics of Resistance Summary
Basics of Resistance 90%
The tradecraft of fighting back: how civilians resist tyranny, stay anonymous, and build cells.
by Claire Wolfe 2018
4.04
67 ratings
🪧 Civil Resistance✊ Direct Action🕵️ Tradecraft
Imperial Hubris
by Michael Scheuer • 2004
Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.
3.81
2k+
🎯 Counterterrorism⚔️ Counterinsurgency🔥 Blowback Politics
Imperial Hubris Summary
Imperial Hubris 90%
Al-Qaeda is not a terror group but an insurgency, and American policy is its top recruiter.
by Michael Scheuer 2004
3.81
2k+ ratings
🎯 Counterterrorism⚔️ Counterinsurgency🔥 Blowback Politics
The New Rules of War
by Sean McFate • 2019
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
3.96
2k+
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
The New Rules of War Summary
The New Rules of War 90%
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
by Sean McFate 2019
3.96
2k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
Black Flags
by Joby Warrick • 2015
How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.
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17k+
🕌 Jihadist Movements🔎 Terrorist Biography☯️ Sectarian Conflict
Black Flags Summary
Black Flags 90%
How a petty Jordanian criminal became the world's most hunted terrorist and the blueprint for ISIS.
by Joby Warrick 2015
4.32
17k+ ratings
🕌 Jihadist Movements🔎 Terrorist Biography☯️ Sectarian Conflict
The Handbook of 5GW
by Daniel H. Abbott • 2010
War is no longer about bullets. It is a silent, invisible struggle for your perception.
4.09
23
📚 Military Theory4️⃣ 4GW Theory🎯 Influence Operations
The Handbook of 5GW Summary
The Handbook of 5GW 89%
War is no longer about bullets. It is a silent, invisible struggle for your perception.
by Daniel H. Abbott 2010
4.09
23 ratings
📚 Military Theory4️⃣ 4GW Theory🎯 Influence Operations
Big Boys' Rules
by mark-urban • 1992
Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.
3.87
326
🇮🇪 The Troubles🪖 Counterinsurgency🕶️ Covert Warfare
Big Boys' Rules Summary
Big Boys' Rules 89%
Britain's covert war on the IRA: informers, bugged weapons, ambushes the state called self-defense.
by mark-urban 1992
3.87
326 ratings
🇮🇪 The Troubles🪖 Counterinsurgency🕶️ Covert Warfare
Rebel Hearts
by Kevin Toolis • 1995
Colonial wounds, British dirty war, family bonds: inside the IRA, violence was an inheritance.
4.10
936
☘️ Irish Republicanism💣 The Troubles⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare
Rebel Hearts Summary
Rebel Hearts 89%
Colonial wounds, British dirty war, family bonds: inside the IRA, violence was an inheritance.
by Kevin Toolis 1995
4.10
936 ratings
☘️ Irish Republicanism💣 The Troubles⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman • 1971
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
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4k+
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming
Steal This Book Summary
Steal This Book 89%
The counterculture manual: how to get everything free and fight the system.
by Abbie Hoffman 1971
3.60
4k+ ratings
🏴 Counterculture Manuals✊ Direct Action🎭 Culture Jamming
The Anarchist Cookbook
by William Powell • 1971
Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.
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3k+
🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism💣 Improvised Explosives
The Anarchist Cookbook Summary
The Anarchist Cookbook 89%
Steal credit cards, make bombs from bleach, vanish: the most dangerous manual of 1971.
by William Powell 1971
3.51
3k+ ratings
🧨 Counter-Culture Manuals🏴 Insurrectionary Anarchism💣 Improvised Explosives
The Yank
by John Crawley • 2022
From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.
4.07
200
🇮🇪 The Troubles☘️ Irish Republicanism🪖 Guerrilla Warfare
The Yank Summary
The Yank 89%
From US Marine to IRA gunrunner: Whitey Bulger opened doors. An informant slammed them shut.
by John Crawley 2022
4.07
200 ratings
🇮🇪 The Troubles☘️ Irish Republicanism🪖 Guerrilla Warfare
This Is an Uprising
by Mark Engler • 2016
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
4.20
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🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising 89%
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
by Mark Engler 2016
4.20
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building
Enough Already
by Scott Horton • 2021
9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.
4.61
699
🧨 Blowback🏛️ Us Interventionism💣 War On Terror
Enough Already Summary
Enough Already 89%
9/11 was a trap, and the War on Terror was the overreaction al Qaeda had counted on.
by Scott Horton 2021
4.61
699 ratings
🧨 Blowback🏛️ Us Interventionism💣 War On Terror
The Management of Savagery
by Max Blumenthal • 2019
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
4.29
807
🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change
The Management of Savagery Summary
The Management of Savagery 89%
Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.
by Max Blumenthal 2019
4.29
807 ratings
🏛️ American Empire↩️ Blowback🔄 Regime Change
Capture or Kill
by Don Bentley • 2024
An Iranian commander's warning pitches Mitch Rapp into a race to stop a catastrophic attack.
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17k+
🕵️ Tactical Espionage🔫 Rogue Operative🏔️ Behind Enemy Lines
Capture or Kill Summary
Capture or Kill 89%
An Iranian commander's warning pitches Mitch Rapp into a race to stop a catastrophic attack.
by Don Bentley 2024
4.33
17k+ ratings
🕵️ Tactical Espionage🔫 Rogue Operative🏔️ Behind Enemy Lines
Hunting the Caliphate
by Wes J. Bryant • 2019
A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.
4.03
165
🎖️ Military Memoir✈️ Air Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
Hunting the Caliphate Summary
Hunting the Caliphate 89%
A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.
by Wes J. Bryant 2019
4.03
165 ratings
🎖️ Military Memoir✈️ Air Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
Pakistan on the Brink
by Ahmed Rashid • 2012
The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.
3.78
910
🏔️ Afghanistan War🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics🪖 Counterinsurgency
Pakistan on the Brink Summary
Pakistan on the Brink 89%
The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.
by Ahmed Rashid 2012
3.78
910 ratings
🏔️ Afghanistan War🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics🪖 Counterinsurgency
Why Civil Resistance Works
by Erica Chenoweth • 2011
The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.
3.98
729
🏳️ Civil Resistance🏛️ Regime Change🗳️ Democratization
Why Civil Resistance Works Summary
Why Civil Resistance Works 89%
The most effective weapon against a dictator is not a gun: 200,000 people refusing to cooperate.
by Erica Chenoweth 2011
3.98
729 ratings
🏳️ Civil Resistance🏛️ Regime Change🗳️ Democratization
The Way of the Knife
by Mark Mazzetti • 2013
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
3.85
4k+
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations
The Way of the Knife Summary
The Way of the Knife 89%
After 9/11, the CIA started killing. The Pentagon started spying. The boundary never returned.
by Mark Mazzetti 2013
3.85
4k+ ratings
📡 Intelligence Agencies🛸 Drone Warfare🕵️ Covert Operations
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
by Rosa Brooks • 2016
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
3.93
2k+
🪖 Military Policy⚖️ Laws Of War⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything Summary
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything 88%
War, law, and state fray together. A Pentagon insider on where the seams gave way.
by Rosa Brooks 2016
3.93
2k+ ratings
🪖 Military Policy⚖️ Laws Of War⚔️ Asymmetric Warfare
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
by Tom Mangold • 1985
A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.
4.07
3k+
🇻🇳 Vietnam War🕳️ Tunnel Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
The Tunnels of Cu Chi Summary
The Tunnels of Cu Chi 88%
A hand-dug city beneath the jungle survived the heaviest bombing; the fighting went underground.
by Tom Mangold 1985
4.07
3k+ ratings
🇻🇳 Vietnam War🕳️ Tunnel Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
Strategy
by Lawrence Freedman • 2013
Strategy is not a plan: a battle of minds from chimpanzee coalitions to nuclear deterrence.
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3k+
🪖 Military History♟️ Strategic Thought🏛️ Political Strategy
Strategy Summary
Strategy 88%
Strategy is not a plan: a battle of minds from chimpanzee coalitions to nuclear deterrence.
by Lawrence Freedman 2013
3.97
3k+ ratings
🪖 Military History♟️ Strategic Thought🏛️ Political Strategy
The Accidental Admiral
by James G. Stavridis • 2014
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
4.00
248
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
The Accidental Admiral Summary
The Accidental Admiral 88%
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
by James G. Stavridis 2014
4.00
248 ratings
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
Fiasco
by Thomas E. Ricks • 2006
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
4.09
8k+
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
Fiasco Summary
Fiasco 88%
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
by Thomas E. Ricks 2006
4.09
8k+ ratings
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
The Last Warlord
by Brian Glyn Williams • 2013
America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.
4.30
120
🇦🇫 Afghan History🎖️ Military Biography⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare
The Last Warlord Summary
The Last Warlord 88%
America's first 9/11 victory relied on laser bombs and a brutal Uzbek warlord fighting on horseback.
by Brian Glyn Williams 2013
4.30
120 ratings
🇦🇫 Afghan History🎖️ Military Biography⚔️ Guerrilla Warfare
The Afghanistan Papers
by Craig Whitlock • 2021
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
4.25
7k+
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers 88%
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
by Craig Whitlock 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
We Are Anonymous
by Parmy Olson • 2012
The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.
3.97
3k+
🏴 Hacktivist History🌐 Digital Insurgency🎭 Online Anonymity
We Are Anonymous Summary
We Are Anonymous 88%
The internet's most notorious hacker collective was run by an FBI informant for eight months.
by Parmy Olson 2012
3.97
3k+ ratings
🏴 Hacktivist History🌐 Digital Insurgency🎭 Online Anonymity
A Handful of Hard Men
by Hannes Wessels • 2015
Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.
4.28
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⚔️ Special Forces🎯 Counter-Insurgency🥷 Covert Operations
A Handful of Hard Men Summary
A Handful of Hard Men 88%
Fewer than 200 Rhodesian soldiers faced 10,000. They won every battle and still lost the war.
by Hannes Wessels 2015
4.28
1k+ ratings
⚔️ Special Forces🎯 Counter-Insurgency🥷 Covert Operations
Counter-insurgency in Aden
by Shaun Clarke • 2015
Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.
3.75
111
🎖️ Special Forces🕵️ Covert Operations🏜️ Desert Warfare
Counter-insurgency in Aden Summary
Counter-insurgency in Aden 88%
Disguised in Aden to kill double agents, an SAS squadron is thrust into an unwinnable mountain war.
by Shaun Clarke 2015
3.75
111 ratings
🎖️ Special Forces🕵️ Covert Operations🏜️ Desert Warfare
From Dictatorship to Democracy
by Gene Sharp • 1993
Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.
3.83
2k+
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance🗳️ Democracy Movements📊 Strategic Nonviolence
From Dictatorship to Democracy Summary
From Dictatorship to Democracy 88%
Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.
by Gene Sharp 1993
3.83
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance🗳️ Democracy Movements📊 Strategic Nonviolence
Extreme Measures
by Vince Flynn • 2008
A CIA interrogator is arrested just as a terror cell begins its attack on Washington.
4.34
57k+
🛡️ Counterterrorism💣 Domestic Terror Plot🏛️ Washington Politics
Extreme Measures Summary
Extreme Measures 88%
A CIA interrogator is arrested just as a terror cell begins its attack on Washington.
by Vince Flynn 2008
4.34
57k+ ratings
🛡️ Counterterrorism💣 Domestic Terror Plot🏛️ Washington Politics
The Politics of Collective Violence
by Charles Tilly • 2003
Violence isn't chaos; it's politics, shaped by regimes and the relationships leaders exploit.
3.85
151
✊ Contentious Politics🔗 Relational Sociology💥 Political Violence
The Politics of Collective Violence Summary
The Politics of Collective Violence 88%
Violence isn't chaos; it's politics, shaped by regimes and the relationships leaders exploit.
by Charles Tilly 2003
3.85
151 ratings
✊ Contentious Politics🔗 Relational Sociology💥 Political Violence
How To Trump SJWs
by Manon Welles • 2016
Steal the left’s playbook: ridicule, pressure, personalization. Your counterstrike manual.
4.25
181
🏛️ Conservative Strategy✊ Political Activism⚔️ Culture Wars
How To Trump SJWs Summary
How To Trump SJWs 88%
Steal the left’s playbook: ridicule, pressure, personalization. Your counterstrike manual.
by Manon Welles 2016
4.25
181 ratings
🏛️ Conservative Strategy✊ Political Activism⚔️ Culture Wars
National Security Cinema
by Matthew Alford • 2017
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
3.81
113
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation
National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema 88%
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
by Matthew Alford 2017
3.81
113 ratings
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation
Unrestricted Warfare
by Qiao Liang • 1999
Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.
3.64
758
⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare⚔️ Hybrid Warfare💰 Economic Warfare
Unrestricted Warfare Summary
Unrestricted Warfare 88%
Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.
by Qiao Liang 1999
3.64
758 ratings
⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare⚔️ Hybrid Warfare💰 Economic Warfare
The Melting Point
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
4.30
175
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
The Melting Point Summary
The Melting Point 88%
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024
4.30
175 ratings
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
From mobilization to revolution
by Charles Tilly • 1978
Rioters calculate, revolutions are chess matches, and the state always stacks the board.
3.98
42
🏛️ Political Contention✊ Social Movements🏴 Revolutionary Theory
From mobilization to revolution Summary
From mobilization to revolution 88%
Rioters calculate, revolutions are chess matches, and the state always stacks the board.
by Charles Tilly 1978
3.98
42 ratings
🏛️ Political Contention✊ Social Movements🏴 Revolutionary Theory
The Imagineers of War
by Sharon Weinberger • 2017
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
3.69
565
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War 88%
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
by Sharon Weinberger 2017
3.69
565 ratings
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
A Force More Powerful
by Peter Ackerman • 2000
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
4.11
300
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Civil Disobedience📢 Social Movements
A Force More Powerful Summary
A Force More Powerful 88%
A century of evidence: strikes and boycotts toppled more regimes than bombs ever did.
by Peter Ackerman 2000
4.11
300 ratings
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance✊ Civil Disobedience📢 Social Movements
Wobblies and Zapatistas
by Staughton Lynd • 2008
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
3.89
473
🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
Wobblies and Zapatistas Summary
Wobblies and Zapatistas 88%
What the Zapatistas and the Wobblies got right that both Marxists and anarchists keep missing.
by Staughton Lynd 2008
3.89
473 ratings
🏴 Libertarian Socialism📜 Radical History✊ Direct Action
Rules for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1971
A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.
3.73
9k+
🏘️ Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Activism♟️ Political Tactics
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals 88%
A tactical handbook for the powerless: how ridicule, pressure, and their own rules become weapons.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971
3.73
9k+ ratings
🏘️ Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Activism♟️ Political Tactics
Static
by Amy Goodman • 2006
When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.
4.05
384
📺 Media Criticism🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy🔍 Investigative Journalism
Static Summary
Static 88%
When government lies, the press should expose it. Instead, they broadcast the script.
by Amy Goodman 2006
4.05
384 ratings
📺 Media Criticism🌐 U.S. Foreign Policy🔍 Investigative Journalism
Strategy without Design
by Robert C.H. Chia • 2009
Planned strategy destroys itself. Wins that last emerge from everyday coping, not grand designs.
4.50
12
🧩 Emergent Strategy🌊 Spontaneous Order🔄 Systems Thinking
Strategy without Design Summary
Strategy without Design 88%
Planned strategy destroys itself. Wins that last emerge from everyday coping, not grand designs.
by Robert C.H. Chia 2009
4.50
12 ratings
🧩 Emergent Strategy🌊 Spontaneous Order🔄 Systems Thinking
They Must Be Stopped
by Brigitte Gabriel • 2008
The Muslim Brotherhood's hundred-year plan to infiltrate and dominate the West is already underway.
4.18
458
🔥 Islamist Movements🌍 Islam And The West🛡️ Counterterrorism
They Must Be Stopped Summary
They Must Be Stopped 88%
The Muslim Brotherhood's hundred-year plan to infiltrate and dominate the West is already underway.
by Brigitte Gabriel 2008
4.18
458 ratings
🔥 Islamist Movements🌍 Islam And The West🛡️ Counterterrorism
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
by Peter Paret • 1943
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
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🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age Summary
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age 88%
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
by Peter Paret 1943
4.03
2k+ ratings
🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
Balidan
by Swapnil Pandey • 2023
Starvation. Sleep deprivation. A ninety-day trial. The making of India's most lethal soldiers.
4.44
176
🪖 Special Forces🇮🇳 Indian Army🎯 Counter Insurgency
Balidan Summary
Balidan 88%
Starvation. Sleep deprivation. A ninety-day trial. The making of India's most lethal soldiers.
by Swapnil Pandey 2023
4.44
176 ratings
🪖 Special Forces🇮🇳 Indian Army🎯 Counter Insurgency
Surprise, Kill, Vanish
by Annie Jacobsen • 2019
Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.
4.31
7k+
🕵️ CIA History🥷 Covert Operations🎯 Targeted Killing
Surprise, Kill, Vanish Summary
Surprise, Kill, Vanish 88%
Between peace and open war: the secret history of presidents who chose killing in the shadows.
by Annie Jacobsen 2019
4.31
7k+ ratings
🕵️ CIA History🥷 Covert Operations🎯 Targeted Killing
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger • 2002
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
4.14
1k+
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World 88%
The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.
by John Pilger 2002
4.14
1k+ ratings
🏴 Anti-Imperialism🔍 Investigative Journalism📰 Media Criticism
Unmasked
by Andy Ngo • 2021
The black-clad rioters aren't random. They have a century-old playbook, and democracy is the target.
4.17
3k+
🔥 Political Extremism🏴 Anarchist Movements💥 Political Violence
Unmasked Summary
Unmasked 88%
The black-clad rioters aren't random. They have a century-old playbook, and democracy is the target.
by Andy Ngo 2021
4.17
3k+ ratings
🔥 Political Extremism🏴 Anarchist Movements💥 Political Violence
Bring the War Home
by Kathleen Belew • 2018
The Oklahoma City bombing was no lone-wolf act; it capped a paramilitary movement born of Vietnam.
4.21
3k+
🧬 White Nationalism💣 Domestic Terrorism🪖 Militia Movements
Bring the War Home Summary
Bring the War Home 88%
The Oklahoma City bombing was no lone-wolf act; it capped a paramilitary movement born of Vietnam.
by Kathleen Belew 2018
4.21
3k+ ratings
🧬 White Nationalism💣 Domestic Terrorism🪖 Militia Movements
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