In the book, Boot gives us a thorough description of both groups and then goes on to explain how each group coordinates warfare. Guerrilla forces maintain an objective of capturing, controlling, and eventually defeating more powerful militaries as described by Boot. Guerrilla forces also may include a large number of soldiers and have been the dominant form of warfare following World War II. Terrorist groups differ in that most only have some dozens to a few hundreds of fighters who support the cause. Also terrorist groups really do not want to capture territory or defeat armies, instead their goal is to cause a few big surprise attacks that can trigger a revolution. This hope of revolution can be seen as the case for the terrorist group Al-Qaeda following their attacks on September 11, 2001. Max Boot provides the reader with a great description of both groups along with the objectives of each especially following World War
In the book, Boot gives us a thorough description of both groups and then goes on to explain how each group coordinates warfare. Guerrilla forces maintain an objective of capturing, controlling, and eventually defeating more powerful militaries as described by Boot. Guerrilla forces also may include a large number of soldiers and have been the dominant form of warfare following World War II. Terrorist groups differ in that most only have some dozens to a few hundreds of fighters who support the cause. Also terrorist groups really do not want to capture territory or defeat armies, instead their goal is to cause a few big surprise attacks that can trigger a revolution. This hope of revolution can be seen as the case for the terrorist group Al-Qaeda following their attacks on September 11, 2001. Max Boot provides the reader with a great description of both groups along with the objectives of each especially following World War