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Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla Hardcover – 2 Sep 2013

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (2 Sept. 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1849043248
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849043243
  • Product Dimensions: 16.4 x 3.2 x 23.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 368,037 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Although an enemy of the state, I must concede that this is a brilliant book by the most unfettered and analytically acute mind in the military intelligentsia. Kilcullen unflinchingly confronts the nightmare of endless warfare in the slums of the world.' --Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums

'David Kilcullen brilliantly illuminates a coming dystopian urban world, part Blade Runner and part Minority Report. He cogently argues that we must rapidly find a way to build our own security networks to prepare for the coming age of urban guerrillas. Out of the Mountains crystallizes this sadly probable future in vivid and practical terms.' --Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret), Former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

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David Kilcullen is one of the world's foremost thinkers on counterinsurgency and military strategy. He is the author of The Accidental Guerilla, a Washington Post bestseller, and Counterinsurgency. He was formerly Senior Counterinsurgency Advisor to General David Petraeus in Iraq and to the NATO Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Caerus Associates, a Washington-based strategy and design firm.

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5.0 out of 5 starsA Dire Warning.
By Dr Barry Clayton TOP 500 REVIEWER on 18 Oct. 2015
Format: Paperback
Kilcullen, author of The Accidental Guerrilla and Counterinsurgency, has written another key book . He is a former soldier and diplomat. He also served as an advisor to General Petraeus and Condoleeza Rice during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
He identifies four tectonic forces that are affecting the world: population, urbanisation, coastal settlements and connectedness. The author believes tomorrow's conflicts will mostly occur in coastal, highly urbanised and heavily populated cities. More and more people will compete for scarce resources in badly governed areas.

The combatants, he argues, will be nonstate armed groups of which Isis is only one. They may also be gangs, pirates, drug traffickers, warlord armies or paramilitary forces. Essentially, these groups will comprise those who have ' lost all hope of a better future' and/or hate those who have been dealt a better hand. He fears that many cities in very poor countries will become no-go areas where government presence is very limited. Kilcullen says these areas are the major feral cities of the future.

Possible feral cities include Karachi, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro. His analysis and predictions are a sombre warning , he has been right before. Almost H.G. Wellsian in the picture he paints this is a very important book. We are currently witnessing several non-state forces causing mayhem across the Middle East. It would be fool as Kilcullen says to think they will not spread elsewhere.
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4.0 out of 5 starsMaybe flawed - still worth reading
By davidbfpo on 18 May 2014
Format: Hardcover
Finally had time to read 'Out of the Mountains'. It is a good easy read, with examples given for each point, some from his most recent consultancy work with Caerus Associates, his own experiences and a host of footnotes - alas at the back.

Given his thesis that the future is urban guerilla warfare in the megacities I was surprised he had so little support from those who already face the problems now - such as Mumbai.

From my armchair I am unconvinced that suffiecent Western understanding will come from the collection and analysis of 'big data' from such places. How much data do megacities produce and is it reliable? Given the current NATO (mainly US) experience, doctrine and equipment - could they adapt and intervene without local 'big data'?

I was particularly interested in the section on the Mumbai attack by LeT in November 2008, as this supports my viewpoint. Nariman House, the Jewish cultural centre's actual presence was unknown to the local police and intelligence bodies; it had been purchased in 2006.
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4.0 out of 5 starsVery good reading!
By Pathfinder on 10 May 2015
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Very intelligent book. And this is not only about military issues, as one may believe. There's much to discover about urban planning, etc. I would like to thank David Kilcullen personally, and hope that even our so called "governors" will have a look at it. Or at least some of their advisers.

But they won't... they're busy preparing the next mandate.
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