The Long War - Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Collapsing States (ThirdWorlds) - Softcover

Mark T Berger is Visiting Professor in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate  School (nps), Monterey, CA. He is on leave from the International Studies Program and the Department of Spanish and Latin  American Studies at the  University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of The Battle for Asia: From Decolonization to Globalization (2004); editor From Nation Building to State Building (2007) and co-author, with  Heloise Weber, of Rethinking  the Third World: International Development and World Politics (2007, forthcoming).

Douglas A Borer is Associate Professor in the Department of Defense Analysis and a member of the Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare at the NPS. His research has focused on the topic of political legitimacy and warfare, nation building, and strategic thought. He is the author of Superpowers Defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan Compared (1999) and co-editor, with John Arquilla, of Information Strategy: A Guide to Theory and Practice (2007).