Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Subject |
Asymmetric warfare -- Case studies
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Military history, Modern -- Case studies
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
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Asymmetric warfare
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Military history, Modern
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Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1612347037 |
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9781612347035 |
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