Paul B. Rich is the editor of the journal Small Wars and Insurgencies and does consultancy work for TRENDS: Research & Advisory. He has taught politics and international relations at the universities of Bristol, Warwick and Melbourne, and has published extensively on insurgency and counter-insurgency, terrorism and warlordism.

I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in military film studies or, more specifically, the connections between film and culture in unconventional wars. Paul Rich has also marked out starting points for future lines of inquiry in film studies.

• List of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1. Cinema’s Encounter with Colonial "Emergencies"2. Special Operations on Screen3. Counter-Terrorism, Spectator Sport Warfare and Drones 4. Italian Neorealism and Beyond5. The Mercenary Subgenre and Counter-Insurgency6. France’s Bitter Retreat from Empire 7. Israel and Reframing Siege Warfare into Counter TerrorismEpilogueSelect FilmographyBibliographyIndex

Paul B. Rich is the editor of the journal Small Wars and Insurgencies and does consultancy work for TRENDS: Research & Advisory. He has taught politics and international relations at the universities of Bristol, Warwick and Melbourne, and has published extensively on insurgency and counter-insurgency, terrorism and warlordism.

I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in military film studies or, more specifically, the connections between film and culture in unconventional wars. Paul Rich has also marked out starting points for future lines of inquiry in film studies.

• List of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1. Cinema’s Encounter with Colonial "Emergencies"2. Special Operations on Screen3. Counter-Terrorism, Spectator Sport Warfare and Drones 4. Italian Neorealism and Beyond5. The Mercenary Subgenre and Counter-Insurgency6. France’s Bitter Retreat from Empire 7. Israel and Reframing Siege Warfare into Counter TerrorismEpilogueSelect FilmographyBibliographyIndex

Paul B. Rich is the editor of the journal Small Wars and Insurgencies and does consultancy work for TRENDS: Research & Advisory. He has taught politics and international relations at the universities of Bristol, Warwick and Melbourne, and has published extensively on insurgency and counter-insurgency, terrorism and warlordism.

I highly recommend the book to anyone interested in military film studies or, more specifically, the connections between film and culture in unconventional wars. Paul Rich has also marked out starting points for future lines of inquiry in film studies.

• List of FiguresPrefaceIntroduction1. Cinema’s Encounter with Colonial "Emergencies"2. Special Operations on Screen3. Counter-Terrorism, Spectator Sport Warfare and Drones 4. Italian Neorealism and Beyond5. The Mercenary Subgenre and Counter-Insurgency6. France’s Bitter Retreat from Empire 7. Israel and Reframing Siege Warfare into Counter TerrorismEpilogueSelect FilmographyBibliographyIndex