War and warfare tend to resist being fitted into neat boxes. For 3,000 years there has been basically:Originally Posted by Dayuhan
Regular Warfare, between states, nations and societies.
Irregular Warfare, rebellions, revolts and revolutions.
so two broad categories of Big Wars and Small Wars. Does that help?
Infinity Journal "I don't care if this works in practice. I want to see it work in theory!"
- The job of the British Army out here is to kill or capture Communist Terrorists in Malaya.
- If we can double the ratio of kills per contact, we will soon put an end to the shooting in Malaya.
Sir Gerald Templer, foreword to the "Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya," 1958 Edition
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