War of the Flea, Robert Taber
War of the Flea, Robert Taber
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War of the Flea
The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare

Author: Robert Taber

Narrator: Scott R. Pollak

Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/09/2024


Synopsis

“The guerrilla fights the war of the flea, and his military enemy suffers the dog’s disadvantages: too much to defend; too small, ubiquitous, and agile an enemy to come to grips with.” With these words, Robert Taber began a revolution in conventional military thought that has dramatically impacted the way armed conflicts have been fought since the book’s initial publication in 1965.

Whether ideological, nationalistic, or religious, all guerrilla insurgencies use similar tactics to advance their cause. War of the Flea’s timeless analysis of the guerrilla fighter’s means and methods provides a fundamental resource for any reader seeking to understand this distinct form of warfare and the challenge it continues to present to today’s armed forces in the Philippines, Colombia, and elsewhere.

This audiobook is skillfully narrated by Scott Pollak. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dan on January 07, 2022

An interesting history from the height of the global guerilla movement with an extremely frustrating final chapter and some very bad predictions. The author is, first and foremost, an idealist. Strong shades of Trot to Neocon pipeline style ideology, especially shown in his claims that the Cuban rev......more

Goodreads review by Nick on January 07, 2025

Definitely repetitive at certain points, but man this is breathtakingly timeless throughout. Should be prerequisite reading for every history class covering any time period after the 50s.......more

Goodreads review by Manoj on February 02, 2016

Explores the history of revolutions and the strong association and role of guerrilla warfare in it. Identifies space, time and will as the 3 main components of a revolutionary war. While the analogy is that of flea beating the dog it also identifies that "To be successful, the guerrilla must be love......more