Robert B Asprey

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1) Frederick the Great: the Magnificent Enigma

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A biography of the eighteenth-century Prussian king whose firm government and military exploits earned him the title of "enlightened despot.".

2) War in the Shadows: The Guerrilla in History

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Asprey, Robert B

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[1975]

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Most of the material covers the World War II underground and the Indochinese wars. Includes material on guerrilla warfare in the American Revolution, Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, Peninsular War, Philippines war, Boer war, Mexican revolution (Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata), Lettow-Vorbeck in East Africa (World War I), Lawrence of Arabia, Irish Republican Army, Mao Tse-tung, OSS, Ho Chi Minh, Vo Nguyen Giap, William Slim, Orde Wingate, Domino theory,...