A small war is combat operations outside the front line, carried out through rebel or military-type guerrilla warfare, sabotage, and terrorism. Small wars of the modern era include the resistance of the Afghan Mujahideen to the Soviet army, armed conflicts in the former USSR, in the former Yugoslavia, in a number of Latin American countries, in Northern Ireland, in the Middle East, and in many other places.

< p>This book is an anthology that contains materials published in the open press in Russian and covering various aspects of the small war. Among them are organization, tactics, methods of guerrilla-sabotage and counter-guerrilla actions. The book gives a clear picture of how illegal armed groups and terrorist troupes, inspired by political, nationalist or religious extremists, operate. The book also indicates the most effective ways to suppress and eliminate them.

The Little War anthology will benefit employees of the Russian government apparatus in the center and locally; employees of the Federal Security Service. Ministry of Internal Affairs; officers and warrant officers of the army, border and internal troops; politicians and journalists.