Yes sir I did read it and it will likely to become an often quoted source, alas westerners often commit the mistake of thinking only of their experience, their circumstances, what they see. In...
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Yes sir I did read it and it will likely to...
Yes sir I did read it and it will likely to become an often quoted source, alas westerners often commit the mistake of thinking only of their experience, their circumstances, what they see. In...
CvC vs MvC
What was beyond CvC's reach was obvious to MvC. WMDs, people's war at its best and globalization. These all contribute to the decline of the nation state (because of the decline of nationalism as its...
Well, China. Russia, India all possess (sp?)...
Well, China. Russia, India all possess (sp?) equivavalent technology ie "modern" equipment. But I doubt they will try to 'stand up an' fight' with any sizeable western force. As long as the West has...
Excellent questions. In my humble and yet not...
Excellent questions. In my humble and yet not thouroughly researched opinion
ad 1. War was/is/will be a social "activity" if we accept (I do) van Creveld's findings about it (even Keegan's...
Wilf
If a rebellion, civil unrest etc. has a...
Wilf
If a rebellion, civil unrest etc. has a long term goal can we call it an insurgency? BTW as a newcomer to COIN is there any broadly accepted definition for IN/COIN?
I have not read his...
With all respect sir, I tend to agree with Steve...
With all respect sir, I tend to agree with Steve Metz
Contemporary insurgencies are less like traditional war where the combatants seek strategic victory, they are more like a violent, fluid, and...
Well the 4GW spirit is out of the bottle
Not only iranian but estonian and hungarian military academics have also embraced the 4GW modell. Their understanding of it is similar to those two PLA colonels', basically in this 'new kind of war'...