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 warfareùthe challenge of nonstate belligerents to the authority and power of the stateùhas become the dominant form of conflict, while interstate conventional war has become an increasin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kiss, Peter A. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press [2014]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32588811*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.