'Extremely valuable reading for all students studying terrorism, insurgency and international affairs' - Dr. Juul Gooren, Senior Lecturer, The Hague University of Applied Social Sciences, Netherlands 'Dr Nick Ridley's expertise on violent insurgency is second to none. In this his latest book he examines an aspect of the terrible upheavals in seventeenth century Europe during the Thirty Years War and compares it with later uprisings and insurgencies, particularly those which have afflicted our own generation. Comparing past and present, he skilfully elucidates the criteria for successful - or otherwise - insurgencies' - Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, formerly Visiting Professor at Cranfield University and the Defence Academy of the UK, now Adjunct Professor of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany 'This is valuable reading in terms of the lessons of history for students and practitioners studying terrorism and insurgencies' - Dr Anthony Richards, Senior Lecturer in Law and Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK 'A compelling account of a seventeenth century insurgency, with enlightening comparisons to modern insurgencies providing valuable insights into the lessons from history' - Dr Paul Swallow, former New Scotland Yard Counter-Terrorism Senior Officer, now PhD Programme Director in Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.