Rules for Rebels

The Science of Victory in Militant History

Bibliographic Data

ID20031142
AuthorsMax Abrahms (0000-0002-3633-5684, corresponding author)
Year2018
Pages320
Publication date2018-09-20
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRules for Rebels (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198811558.001.0001
OpenAlexW4249026700
Open LibraryOL28688602M
ISBN9780198811558
LanguageEN
Citations received16

Imagine you’re the leader of a militant group. Your enemy is a government far stronger than your crew. How can you beat the odds and achieve your political goals? For over a decade, the author has studied hundreds of militant groups throughout world history to discern why some succeed while others are doomed to fail. This book offers welcome news for the rebel. It turns out that the leaders of militant groups possess a surprising amount of agency over their political destiny. Triumph is possible. But only for those who know what to do. This is the first book to identify a cohesive set of actions that can enable militant leaders to win. Discover the secrets of their success. Successful militants follow three simple rules that are based on original insights from numerous disciplines (communication, criminology, economics, history, management, marketing, political science, psychology, sociology) and methodological approaches (qualitative cases studies, content analysis, network analysis, regression analysis, experiments). There’s a science to victory in world history. But even rebels must follow rules

Adversary · Agency (philosophy) · Computer security · Media studies · Militant · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Victory · Computer Science · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · Command of troops · Government policy · Irregular warfare · military policy · Political leadership · Psychology · Religious militants · Strategy · Terrorism · Geology

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