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Conventional and Unconventional War

Author : Thomas R. Mockaitis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Conventional and Unconventional War written by Thomas R. Mockaitis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-02-13 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved both. Military historian Thomas R. Mockaitis considers how epic struggles like the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the conflicts in the Middle East, among many others, shaped human history. The coverage serves to highlight four themes: the relationship between armed forces and the societies that create them, the impact of technology (not just armaments) on warfare, the role of ideas and attitudes toward violence in determining why and how wars are fought, and the relationship between conventional and unconventional operations. The book also covers the advent and evolution of unconventional warfare, including counterinsurgency, the War on Terror, and current conflicts in the Middle East. It concludes with consideration of the forms armed conflict will take in the future. The book includes valuable excerpts from the writings of military thinkers such as Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and supporting maps and diagrams.

An Ontology of Modern Conflict

Author : Dean S. Hartley III
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030532143
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book An Ontology of Modern Conflict written by Dean S. Hartley III and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume develops and describes an ontology of modern conflict. Modern conflict is a complex adaptive system. As such, it exhibits emergent properties, or properties that are not predictable from simple descriptions of the system. The Modern Conflict Ontology (MCO) creates a structure for collecting and analyzing information regarding both conventional and unconventional conflict in the face of uncertainty. The first three chapters of the book begin the discussion of the MCO. The first chapter introduces the foundational concepts. The second chapter discusses modern conflict in detail. The third chapter provides an overview of ontologies in sufficient detail to make the rest of the book understandable, but without covering the minutia of the subject. The next ten chapters describe the parts of the MCO. Each part is a sub-ontology and is discussed in detail, including connections to the other parts. Instances are used very liberally to ensure that the concepts are made concrete. The final chapter consolidates the descriptions of the ontology into a discussion of “what we can know.” It describes the implementation history and changes from the predecessor Unconventional Conflict Ontology (UCO) to the MCO, plus some uses of the ontology and potential future enhancements. Providing an ontology that describes the entire modern conflict domain, this volume is appropriate for military professionals and academics and professionals in political science, computer science, and operations research.

Unconventional Warfare from Antiquity to the Present Day

Author : Brian Hughes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319495267
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Warfare from Antiquity to the Present Day written by Brian Hughes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the problem of small, irregular, and unconventional war across time and around the globe. The use of non-uniformed and often civilian combatants, with tactics eschewing pitched battles, is the most common form of warfare throughout history and comes in many forms. The collection works back in time beginning with the ‘Long War’ in present day Afghanistan and concluding with warfare in classical Greece. Along the way it engages with conflicts as diverse as the American Civil War and regional rebellion in Tudor England. Each case study provides unique insights into the practices, experiences, and discourses that have shaped this ubiquitous type of conflict. Readers interested in rebellion and repression, cultural and tactical interpretations of conflict, civilian strategies in wartime, the supposed ‘western way of war’, and the ways in which participants have framed and related their actions across a variety of spheres will find much of interest in these pages.

Unconventional Conflict

Author : Dean S. Hartley III
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319519352
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Conflict written by Dean S. Hartley III and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes issues in modeling unconventional conflict and suggests a new way to do the modeling. It presents an ontology that describes the unconventional conflict domain, which allows for greater ease in modeling unconventional conflict. Supporting holistic modeling, which means that we can see the entire picture of what needs to be modeled, the ontology allows us to make informed decisions about what to model and what to omit. The unconventional conflict ontology also separates the things we understand best from the things we understand least. This separation means that we can perform verification, validation and accreditation (VV&A) more efficiently and can describe the competence of the model more accurately. However, before this message can be presented in its entirety the supporting body of knowledge has to be explored. For this reason, the book offers chapters that focus on the description of unconventional conflict and the analyses that have been performed, modeling, with a concentration on past efforts at modeling unconventional conflict, the precursors to the ontology, and VV&A. Unconventional conflict is a complex, messy thing. It normally involves multiple actors, with their own conflicting agendas and differing concepts of legitimate actions. This book will present a useful introduction for researchers and professionals within the field.

An Ontology for Unconventional Conflict

Author : Dean S. Hartley III
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319753371
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book An Ontology for Unconventional Conflict written by Dean S. Hartley III and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the ontology structure, types of actors, their potential actions, and ways that actions can affect the things that are part of the conflict. An ontology of unconventional conflict supports the understanding of unconventional conflict in general. It also provides a tool for understanding and investigating a particular unconventional conflict. The ontology specifies the relations among the elements and supports creating a description of a particular situation. Unconventional conflict spans the range from natural disasters through human disagreements to irregular warfare (up to conventional war). Unconventional conflict involves damage to things and injuries to people; however, the critical factors are the actions, reactions, and opinions of people, including political, military, economic, social, infrastructure, and information components. This ontology supports and will appeal to military strategists, political scientists, economists, and politicians in understanding their planning for, and managing of these conflicts.

Creativity and Conflict Resolution

Author : Tatsushi Arai
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135214786
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Creativity and Conflict Resolution written by Tatsushi Arai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how creative ways of resolving social conflicts emerge, evolve, and subsequently come to be accepted or rejected in inter-group relations. Creativity and Conflict Resolution explores a subject with which political communities involved in social conflict have always grappled: creative ways of imagining and actualizing visions of conflict resolution. This is an ambitious question, which concerns human communities at many different levels, from families, regional-independence movements, and national governments, to inter-state alliances. The author argues that unconventional viability lies at the heart of creativity for transcending seemingly intractable inter-communal conflicts. More specifically, conflict resolution creativity is a social and epistemological process, whereby actors involved in a given social conflict learn to formulate an unconventional resolution option or procedure. Demystifying the origin of unthinkable breakthroughs for conflict resolution and illuminating theories of creativity based on 17 international case studies, this book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace and conflict studies, human security and IR. Tatsushi Arai is an Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Transformation at the SIT Graduate Institute in Vermont, USA. He has a PhD in Conflict Resolution from George Mason University, Washington DC, and extensive practical experience in the field.

Rethinking Violence

Author : Erica Chenoweth
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262014203
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Violence written by Erica Chenoweth and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original argument about the causes and consequences of political violence and the range of strategies employed.

Unconventional Warfare in South Asia

Author : Scott Gates
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317005406
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Warfare in South Asia written by Scott Gates and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India is the world's tenth largest economy and possesses the world's fourth largest military. The subcontinent houses about one-fifth of the world's population and its inhabitants are divided into various tribes, clans and ethnic groups following four great religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam. Framing the debate using case studies from across the region as well as China, Afghanistan and Burma and using a wealth of primary and secondary sources this incisive volume takes a closer look at the organization and doctrines of the 'shadow armies' and the government forces which fight the former. Arranged in a thematic manner, each chapter critically asks; Why stateless marginal groups rebel? How do states attempt to suppress them? What are the consequences in the aftermath of the conflict especially in relation to conflict resolution and peace building? Unconventional Warfare in South Asia is a welcomed addition to the growing field of interest on civil wars and insurgencies in South Asia. An indispensable read which will allow us to better understand whether South Asia is witnessing a 'New War' and whether the twenty-first century belongs to the insurgents.

Unconventional Warfare 2. 0

Author : Christopher Rawley
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499282320
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Warfare 2. 0 written by Christopher Rawley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rogue regimes have extracted an inordinate amount of energy, blood, and treasure from the world's militaries in the past century. Overthrowing these regimes is a major policy decision - fraught with peril and unknown downstream implications. The United States painfully re-learned these lessons following the invasion in Iraq and after deposing the Taliban in Afghanistan. Unconventional warfare (UW) is the flip side of counter-insurgency, in which external military elements enable surrogate guerrilla forces against an incumbent government. An updated concept for UW campaigns may offer a more palatable option for regime change in certain situations. Global instantaneous communications, social media, and the application of precision munitions from conventional forces have radically altered this age old method of warfare. Recent UW campaigns in Libya and Syria demonstrated the pros and cons of jump-starting a revolution and how non-state actors have made these already chaotic conflicts even more so. Unconventional Warfare 2.0 describes how demographic trends, rapid technological changes, and an adaptive enemy will drive new and innovative UW approaches.

Chasing Ghosts

Author : John J. Tierney
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597970158
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book Chasing Ghosts written by John J. Tierney and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important military lessons for fighting today's insurgency in Iraq

The New Battlefield

Author : Sam C. Sarkesian
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The New Battlefield written by Sam C. Sarkesian and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1986-11-18 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most controversial aspects of United States foreign policy centers about its response to unconventional conflict--that is, revolutions, counterrevolutions, and terrorism--in and from a number of Third World countries. Examining the current U.S. political-military posture, this critical study assesses the challenges posed to open systems by these conflicts and proposes guidelines for creating a more effective U.S. response. The author first explores the nature of unconventional conflicts, then turns to the U.S. response to the challenges unconditional conflicts present. Urging the need for a new realism based on a more accurate picture of present political conditions and U.S. interests, he concludes with a series of suggested guidelines for designing U.S. policy, strategy, doctrine and organizational strategies as a means of developing a more viable approach to the challenges of contemporary military and political conflict.

Unconventional Conflicts in a New Security Era

Author : Sam C. Sarkesian
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 031327763X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Conflicts in a New Security Era written by Sam C. Sarkesian and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1993-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A senior expert in national security matters provides the first comparative analysis of unconventional conflicts, using Malaya and Vietnam as lessons for devising new U.S. strategie to counter Third World strife and "drug wars" in the future. This is a provocative text for classes in U.S. foreign policy and military studies.

Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1)

Author : Chris Lynch
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545861632
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Warfare (Special Forces, Book 1) written by Chris Lynch and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All the sizzle, chaos, noise and scariness of war is clay in the hands of ace storyteller Lynch." -- Kirkus Reviews for the World War II series Discover the secret missions behind America's greatest conflicts.Danny Manion has been fighting his entire life. Sometimes with his fists. Sometimes with his words. But when his actions finally land him in real trouble, he can't fight the judge who offers him a choice: jail... or the army.Turns out there's a perfect place for him in the US military: the Studies and Observation Group (SOG), an elite volunteer-only task force comprised of US Air Force Commandos, Army Green Berets, Navy SEALS, and even a CIA agent or two. With the SOG's focus on covert action and psychological warfare, Danny is guaranteed an unusual tour of duty, and a hugely dangerous one. Fortunately, the very same qualities that got him in trouble at home make him a natural-born commando in a secret war. Even if almost nobody knows he's there.National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch begins a new, explosive fiction series based on the real-life, top-secret history of US black ops.

The Politics of Nonviolent Action

Author : Gene Sharp
Publisher : Porter Sargent Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Nonviolent Action written by Gene Sharp and published by Porter Sargent Publishers. This book was released on 1973 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tre Binds værk, der beskriver og forklarer ikke-voldelige handlinger og aktioner. I bind I Power and Struggle undersøges den politiske magt og hvordan den opstår og hvordan den kan undermineres bl.a. ved at anvende ikke-vold. Udg. 1973.:105 s.:not.fig.

Japan's Aging Peace

Author : Tom Phuong Le
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231553285
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Aging Peace written by Tom Phuong Le and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of World War II, Japan has not sought to remilitarize, and its postwar constitution commits to renouncing aggressive warfare. Yet many inside and outside Japan have asked whether the country should or will return to commanding armed forces amid an increasingly challenging regional and global context and as domestic politics have shifted in favor of demonstrations of national strength. Tom Phuong Le offers a novel explanation of Japan’s reluctance to remilitarize that foregrounds the relationship between demographics and security. Japan’s Aging Peace demonstrates how changing perceptions of security across generations have culminated in a culture of antimilitarism that constrains the government’s efforts to pursue a more martial foreign policy. Le challenges a simple opposition between militarism and pacifism, arguing that Japanese security discourse should be understood in terms of “multiple militarisms,” which can legitimate choices such as the mobilization of the Japan Self-Defense Forces for peacekeeping operations and humanitarian relief missions. Le highlights how factors that are not typically linked to security policy, such as aging and declining populations and gender inequality, have played crucial roles. He contends that the case of Japan challenges the presumption in international relations scholarship that states must pursue the use of force or be punished, showing how widespread normative beliefs have restrained Japanese policy makers. Drawing on interviews with policy makers, military personnel, atomic bomb survivors, museum coordinators, grassroots activists, and other stakeholders, as well as analysis of peace museums and social movements, Japan’s Aging Peace provides new insights for scholars of Asian politics, international relations, and Japanese foreign policy.

Detention in Non-international Armed Conflict

Author : Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198749929
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Detention in Non-international Armed Conflict written by Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International law has long differentiated between international and non-international armed conflicts, traditionally regulating the former far more comprehensively than the latter. This is particularly stark in the case of detention, where the treaty law of non-international armed conflict contains no rules on who may be detained, what processes must be provided to review their detention, and when they must be released. Given that non-international armed conflicts are now the most common form of conflict, this is especially worrying, and the consequences of this have been seen in the detention practices of states such as the US and UK in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the procedural rules that apply to detention in non-international armed conflict, focusing on preventive, security detention, or 'internment'. All relevant areas of international law, notably international humanitarian law (IHL), human rights law (IHRL), and international criminal law, are analysed in detail with reference to case law. It is shown that, contrary to conventional wisdom, IHL is not entirely silent here, but rather contains a general prohibition of internment that is not necessary as a result of the conflict. The book then gives an original account of the relationship between IHL and IHRL, which helps to move beyond the intractable debates that dominate the literature in this area. Applying this account, and referring to state practice in specific non-international conflicts, it is demonstrated that treaty and customary-based IHRL continues, absent derogation, to regulate detention in non-international conflicts. Importantly, the under-explored question of the practical application of these rules in such situations is then explored in detail, which should guide states, courts, and others in this area. The book concludes with a set of concrete proposals for developing the law, in a manner that builds upon the existing obligations of states and non-state armed groups--Book jacket.

Low-intensity Conflict in the Third World

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781429465472
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Low-intensity Conflict in the Third World written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common thread ties together the five case studies of this book: the persistence with which the bilateral relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union continues to dominate American foreign and regional policies. These essays analyze the LIC environment in Central Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa.