Guerrilla Warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military. Although the term "guerrilla warfare" was coined in the context of the Peninsular War in the 19th century, the tactical methods of guerrilla warfare have been in use since long before then. In the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu proposed the use of guerrilla-style tactics in The Art of War. The 3rd century BC Roman general Quintus …
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CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English
One of the many impacts of our multi-year Afghanistan contribution was to sensitize both politicians and senior bureaucrats to the risks associated with unknown outcomes.11 A combination of events, all …
the group’s main mission was to conduct guerrilla warfare behind any Soviet advance in the event of … source. It includes, but is not limited to, guerrilla warfare, subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities … Taiwan has also prepared its cities for guerrilla warfare in case the PLA [People’s Liberation Army] … to the more violent aspects of partisan (guerrilla) warfare. Trained in weapons handling, demolitions … source. It includes, but is not limited to, guerrilla warfare, subversion, sabotage, intelligence activities …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 February 2023 English
As Russia wages a twenty-first-century war against the very existence of a Ukrainian state and nation, reanimating Soviet-era propaganda that portrayed Ukrainians as Nazi collaborators and fascists, the experiences of …
Instruction: Tactics of the UPA’s Struggle – Guerrilla Warfare 307 38 Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Staff …
Wilson Center Canada · 28 November 2022 English
Challenges and Opportunities for South Korea in the U.S.-China Competition
circumstances, China would adopt Mao Zedong’s guerrilla warfare strategy instead of an all-out war. Of course …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 19 July 2022 English
There is a common assumption that the promotion of democracy and economic development are the most effective means of quelling widespread political unrest within a country. Many believe that free …
insurgencies are not necessarily synonymous with guerrilla warfare. Rebel fighters may employ either conventional … how it differs from other terms, such as guerrilla warfare. Indeed, it may well be that scholars have … of civil wars, including ethnic conflicts, guerrilla warfare, acts of genocide, colonial wars, coups, … hand, those who study insur- gencies and guerrilla warfare explicitly include colonial or imperial wars … the relationship between insurgencies and guerrilla warfare. In general, an insurgency is any sustained …
UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 30 June 2022 English
Fifty years ago, the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism published its final report. The result of innovative research and public consultations across the country, this report, replete with data …
identity should be called “institutional guerrilla warfare” rather than “linguistic peace.” 18 50 Years …
Wilson Center Canada · 27 May 2022 English
of the junta in late April.62 These meetings occurred despite the PPST formally declaring an end to The Restoration Council for Shan State (RCSS),57 peace talks with the army.63 one …
individuals. of the PDT is to engage in urban guerrilla warfare, to provide trainings and necessary logistics … of the terrain and highly experienced in guerrilla warfare. Going An upward trend in clashes is thus … 2021, the NUG’s Yangon and rough terrain. Guerrilla warfare — Division Command launched an extensive hit-and-run …
Wilson Center Canada · 27 May 2022 English
Denmark is the Vice President of Programs and Director of Studies; Senior Advisor to the Asia Program; and Senior Fellow in the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States …
million- strong reserve force trained for guerrilla warfare. Yet Taiwan is dragging its feet on implementing …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 28 April 2022 English
The duel, and the codes of honour that governed duelling, functioned for decades in many European and Latin American countries as a shadow legal system, regulating in practice what legislators …
11 When exiles carried out journalistic guerrilla warfare against the government that had expelled them …
CHA: Canadian Historical Association · 1 February 2022 English
Her exhibit to commem- career spanned three decades and two major newspa- orate the disproportionate and tragic impact of the pers (The Globe and Mail and The Telegram). [...] AU …
Captain itage Photography Cook’s voyages, guerrilla warfare and banditry in the Foundation will be Spanish …
PUL: Les Presses de l'Université Laval · 16 August 2021 French
Volunteers of the Irish Republican Army: Notes on Guerrilla Warfare – aussi connu sous le nom de « Green Book …
