Winning wars amongst the people case studies in asymmetric conflict
Since the end of World War II a paradigm shift has occurred in armed conflict. Asymmetric, or fourth-generation warfare-the challenge of nonstate belligerents to the authority and power of the state-has become the dominant form of conflict, while interstate conventional war has become an increasingl...
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[Lincoln, Nebraska]
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preface: a gap to fill -- A paradigm shift in warfare -- Intrastate conflict: the new security challenge -- A new paradigm of war: generations in warfare and wars amongst the people -- Roots of the paradigm shift: social, political, and economic developments -- The cases -- Rhodesia, 1962-1980: tactical success, operational, strategic, and political failure -- Punjab, 1980-1994: a counterinsurgency model for europe -- Kosovo, 1996-1999: a spectacular success of asymmetric warfare -- France, 2005: the first act of a religious and ethnic insurgency -- Preparing for future conflict -- The nature of the challenge: general characteristics of asymmetric conflicts -- Hungary, 2012 and after: preparations to meet the challenge -- Conclusion: the price of failure. | |
| 520 | |a Since the end of World War II a paradigm shift has occurred in armed conflict. Asymmetric, or fourth-generation warfare-the challenge of nonstate belligerents to the authority and power of the state-has become the dominant form of conflict, while interstate conventional war has become an increasingly irrelevant instrument of statecraft. In asymmetric conflicts the enemy is often a fellow citizen with a different vision for the future of the country-waging war among the people, maneuvering on the borderlines between parliamentary politics, street politics, criminal activity, and combat operations. | ||
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