The History and Future of Guerrilla Warfare

Max Boot discusses his new book, "Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare From Ancient Times to the Present," as part of the Pritzker Military Library Presents series.
SPEAKER:
Max Boot
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Nancy Houghton
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[@user-kb6fv4iq4r]

chatrapati shivaji maharaj was the inventer of guerrilla warfare...proud to be INDIAN

[@ledseblin]

@@sufimuslimlion4114 now that was uncalled for. "silly cow worshippers"

[@ledseblin]

didn't you hear him? he's talking about Gorilla warfare.

[@chase.7780]

guerrilla warfare existed in China and Europe before shivaji. Sun Tzu wrote about guerrilla warfare, and similar tactics were used by Europeans like the Romans during the Punic Wars (look up the "Fabian Strategy"), Vercingetorix during the Gallic Wars, and Arminius during the Germanic revolt.

[@surajdeshmukh2553]

@@sufimuslimlion4114 you are silly jihadi worshipper 😁😁

[@Drgguv]

Guerilla warfare existed in the forestall region of ivory coast since precolonial times

[@TheKailasmahajan]

Shivaji Maharaj - Father of guerilla warefare...

[@johnsmith-zx5er]

invisable armies is an incredible book. wish to,just say thanks to MB for writing it

[@unknownacount1461]

proud to be an maratha and indian longe live india america friendship

[@jerry9038]

As an American that lived in India for some time, thank you! I hope our countries remain strong allies!

[@unknownacount1461]

@@jerry9038 yes .

[@vbh4315]

Shivaji maharaj also started neavy in India.

[@ritesh3539]

Guriella warfare was so useful that 300 defeated 2000 in one narrow patch

[@chase.7780]

for the last time, Shivaji DID NOT INVENT GUERRILLA WARFARE. guerrilla warfare and its techniques had existed long before most established countries came around, including a country as old as India. in fact, guerrilla warfare predated conventional warfare (evidence of organized armies and warfare did not surface until 3100 BC in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia). Sun Tzu even wrote about guerrilla tactics in "The Art of War" (including the importance of espionage and spying) in the 5th century. In Europe, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus was considered the pioneer of guerrilla warfare in his time (around 200 BC). he came up with the idea to avoid frontal assaults and direct confrontation against opponents, instead fighting an enemy by attrition and indirection (this was called the "Fabian Strategy" and employed by the Romans against the Carthaginians in the 2nd Punic War). additionally, the Gallic Vercingetorix used mobile, indirect warfare against Julius Caesar, as did Arminius who led the Germanic revolt against the Romans. guerrilla warfare wasn't invented in India, and certainly not by Shivaji Maharaj in the 1600's.

[@eftekharshahid2689]

I agree with your opinion, i think these guerrilla warfare history is as old as human history. We only knew about 5000 years history, so how can we guess its time frame.

[@OMKAR70723]

@@eftekharshahid2689 😂😂🤣😅😆😁😄🖕🍌

[@bhbxgoclran2174]

Pakistan number 1

[@PointGiven]

The hearts and minds as long as they are disarmed and fenced in.

[@tetrazolelover]

Modern-day colonialism makes guerilla warfare more perfect. Slowly but day by day...

[@jerry9038]

What do you mean?

[@tetrazolelover]

@@jerry9038 That the world is not so beautiful and free as it looks like

[@strengthisthesolution2294]

That's something I've been thinking about a lot recently but I don't think many of the modern Wars are as simple as colonialism nor do I think they are as simple as fighting for freedom and democracy maybe it's a little bit of both I don't know

[@RoyGangdhar]

Ekach Wagh #Chatrapati #ShivajiMaharaj #Raje

[@blackmonster4708]

Mac Boot!

[@grimmortal]

Jean Paul Sartre begins the Q&A round!

[@westhkk]

A common culture but subject to an implicit hierarchy, then the tools and weapons of war have expanded dramatically.

[@LanceWinslow]

Great Talk, and I think I'll go to Amazon and buy this book. Meanwhile, why not make it required reading at ALL of our great nation's military academies? Think on it

[@sujaypatil542]

Also Ch. Shivaji Maharaj is Father of Indian Navy.

[@jerry9038]

Why did bots hit the comments so hard? And why do they care so much about maharaj? Okay so he was the first in the area to start using guerilla warfare again but it was still around before him, even if humans of the time had moved away from it. Guerilla warfare is the default form of war, “conventional” war is an attempt to civilize war and give large powers an even bigger advantage

[@prasannabhat8766]

Those are not bots. Maharaj is more than a life figure. So that's why they care. He treated every women as his mother. If you read his entire history you r definitely gonna get amazed. Do read it.

[@yayayayya4731]

​@@prasannabhat8766 but he did not invent guerilla warfare like you people say

[@fenrir7878]

Romans had their limits too. After defeat by Parthia, they stayed away from Persia. After defeat in Germany of Varus's Legion, they mainly fortified the German frontier, but couldn't make their way that far. The Romans also had to deal with politics and propaganda and there were man instances where they disengaged when a conquest was too far, too difficult, or rewards were slim. Sometimes setbacks were temporary, but there's a reason the Germanic and Celtic world were bordered by Rhine, because Romans didn't want to venture too far into Germania.

[@CommunistSpyware]

Our kingdom is of hearth and mind

[@fintonmainz7845]

The British " winning hearts and mind" . Talk to people in Ireland

[@nitindhamal6756]

Shivaji Maharaj was the inventor of the gorilla warfare from India maharastra in 16st you should know this buddy

[@PointGiven]

Sounds like the strategy in Chicago.

[@zeyode]

Am I in the wrong place?

[@gerrycullen4911]

...THE IRISH&SCOTS...HAVE ART OF FIGHTING.

[@user-zp8ei6pi7p]

Then why is N. Ireland and Scotland still part of UK? They both got ass whooped by England.

[@rifrep2791]

my people are the best at guerrilla warfare :)

[@darrellabbott8828]

guerrilla warfare is for cowards and weeks. so good job

[@HR-tm1iw]

@@darrellabbott8828 Gurreila Warfare is for the People who can make use of their brain. Truth is always bitter✌️

[@Drgguv]

HR exactly

[@oldeafcoot]

As much as I love military history, I disagree that it is a shame that military history is no longer a popular subject in schools and academies. The evidence is that the U.S. never learns from history, never learns from it's mistakes. The U.S. Department of Defense is once again gearing up to fight WWII.

[@ratumelimatanatoto2488]

oldeafcoot exactly..well put,US has not learned from its failures...but preparing for WW11 is a bit far fetched...

[@anthonytonev1357]

Quintus Fabius Maximus is the father of guerilla warfare.

[@gravenewworld6521]

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[@EverythingUnboxing3730]

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is inventor of gurilla warefare.

[@TheAmolraje]

if they know more about guerrilla warfare (ganimi kava) then why they loos from vietnam?m

[@hmax1591]

he wasn't in charge in Vietnam you idiot. If you know more than him why aren't you lecturing?

[@rutvik3064]

@Theseus Ghost yeah Correct US military was highly successful in massacres of innocent civilians. You guys fighting in Vietnam for 17 years and nearly 18 years in Afghanistan. Can we say is that success ?? No offence , I respect your armed forces.

[@manasipatil577]

@@hmax1591 I am from that place where guerrilla warfare invented It is invented by Chatrapati shivaji maharaj remember it

[@AkashPatil-mx3kd]

best uses of gurrilla warfare of king shivaji

[@BrokenTengu99]

*Guerrilla

[@vaibhav_chavan_vlc]

शिवाजी महाराज बोला. एकेरी उच्चार नको भाऊ

[@rosomak8244]

Tribes have a command structure - it's called chiftain. Tribes don't have uniforms but they very well distinguish from each other by way they cover or pain their faces. It's a strawman that tribes are guerillas.

[@darrellabbott8828]

what? tribes are defacto guerrillas because they have no formal command structure nor are branched. they have only one game. if it weren't like that they would be called armies.

[@darrellabbott8828]

what? tribes are defacto guerrillas because they have no formal command structure nor are branched. they have only one game. if it weren't like that they would be called armies.

[@reneewatkins8583]

****** @31:57 32:25 34:45 - EPHESIANS 6:12 KJV

[@fluffybunny5518]

Holy moly... 51:00 a cristal ball moment 9 years later in 2021, where afghanistan government went *puff* in a matter of weeks.

[@sanjaychaudhari3798]

Jay shivaji

[@prashantsharma6870]

iNDIA MUST RETENT THIS LEGACY. BY FEELING PROUD WILL NOT HELP. SHIVAJI MAHARAJ WAS A AGGRESSIVE KING. BUT INDIAN DEFENSIVE APPROACH WILL WITH NEIGHBOUR COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA AND PAK MAKES THEM COUNTRY STRONGER. WE MUST WORK AGGRESSIVELY IN IMPROVING OUR TECHNOLOGY. INDIA SHOULD WORK ON BUILDING INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY.

[@andalibalatlas3821]

THE 20 CENTURY FATHER OF GUERRILLA WARFARE IS MOROCCO'S ABDELKARIM AL KHATTABI WHO TAUGHT CHAIRMAN MAO, HO SHI MIN & ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA HOW IT'S DONE!

[@abhipol303]

Jai shivaji

[@neoshri]

Chhatrapati shivaji maharaj was the inventor of guerrilla warfare. Stereotype western negligence towards appreciation of the others. Couldn't expect else.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Nobody outside of India believes your brainwashed bullshit - Guerrilla warfare was the ORIGINAL type of warfare - therefore it defies invention. Nobody invented it. You might as well take credit for the spoken language, too, you Nationalist Indian fools. This is what makes people choose Pakistan over you.

[@fabricationwork3400]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 you don't know history king always king

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Cry more, nationalist fools. Nobody takes you seriously. 50 cent brigadiers, all of you. Otherwise you would have no reason to watch this video but to spread your lies. Overcompensation at its most obvious.

[@nk-fn4bz]

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a king in the world

[@vg4352]

Vietnam presidant goriyla war fer watch book indian king Shivaji .

[@satishsukre8817]

Jay shivaji maharaj

[@sandeshkadam3040]

maratha _ father of Indian navy

[@YashSingh-bf9nd]

You fool.... It was invented by Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj he was great you guys are nothing infront of him

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

You're an obvious 50-cent brigader - stop spamming your propaganda bullshit. NOBODY invented guerrilla warfare, you brainwashed fool - it's endemic to humanity. It's the ORIGINAL type of warfare. Fucking idiot.

[@manasraut4354]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 it was not invented, it was discovered by SHIVAJI MAHARAJ.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@manasraut4354 Fuck off, Indian bot. You don't 'discover' guerrilla warfare - it's literally the oldest form of warfare. It PREDATES any semblance of Indian culture and identity. It predates all cultures and identities in the world today.

[@MarathiMansikVigyan]

@@fuzzydunlop7928i think you mad. You have not any information about guerrilla warfare.

[@sandeshkadam3040]

modern world father of guerilla warfare was Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj

[@andrejusdemeshko1970]

Like always forgot the help of France kingdom. The knowledge of Rome military is "amazing".)) the foll of Rome is not the success of barbarian gorrilas.

[@bhushanborkar6386]

Har Har Mahadev

[@siddpatilpatil8686]

Only chatrapati shivaji mharaj 🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@sandeshkadam3040]

maratha empire great in world

[@omkarsawant4594]

he is a fool. the whole world know that the inventor of the gorilla warfare was chatrapati shivaji maharaj

[@Charlie-de7kk]

Not true because Hannibal was doing it to the Romans 247 BC ,Chatrapati shivaji maharaj was a king in the 1600’s

[@omkarsawant4594]

@@Charlie-de7kk Yes true, I read it on internet just now, so no oppose. But if you see in india there was no one to tech king shivaji about guerrilla warfare. So here the actual fact is for Chatrapati Shivaji it was in their blood to fight against the enemies using guerilla warfare because of the geographical structure of the deccan platue.

[@Charlie-de7kk]

Omkar Sawant I understand that man and I respect your history brother ✊🏼✊🏾

[@omkarsawant4594]

@@Charlie-de7kk Thank you and huge respect to you also ☺️☺️☺️👍👍👍.

[@motionlessevent2528]

All these Indians proclaiming that Maharaj is the father of guerilla warfare, whilst it was the Spanish fighters that coined the term during the peninsular campaign of 1808-14

[@surajghasari4893]

Frist guerilla war invented by Indian Raja chatrapati shivaji maharaj

[@bhushanborkar6386]

Aamcha raja mahan

[@ZMoR14]

The speaker takes on american views almost exclusively... As if America was the only country in the world.

[@thilanjayan2733]

Sri Lanka did not counter the terrorism in brutal manner as French did in Algeria or Russians in Chechnya. Sri Lankan military conducted military operation in humanitarian manner. . Military operation launched only for LTTE. Not for innocent Tamil people. it was the largest humanitarian mission which conducted by government force after world war II. Actually, at the final stage Tamil people flew to Government controlled area in order to protect their lives. Tamil Tigers used them as human shield. in fact , people supported to government forces at latter part and after war also. They have positively accepted government reconciliation plan too.

[@MohamadAmerulZufar]

What Sri Lanka did was Genocide. Go ahead see the BBC Documentary 'The Killing Fields'.

[@infidel1327]

I gave this guy 15 minutes of my time and that is all he'll EVER get out of me.

[@markdavids2511]

Not everyone wants American democracy forced on them.

[@akshaydeshmukh7029]

chhatrapati shivaji maharaj ki jai....maza raja....assa raja dusra hone nai

[@user-zp8ei6pi7p]

"Mao didn't care less about the common man" Just discredited his whole book and decided not to buy it.

[@IoachimSavianPopovici]

"Romans didn't care about public opinion" and "the Mongols were guerrilla fighters" 🤦🏼‍♂️ This is so dumb

[@bhushanpawar5258]

chatrapati shivaji maharaj was the inventer of guerrilla warfare...proud to be INDIAN

[@gravenewworld6521]

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