Winning wars amongst the people : : case studies in asymmetric conflict / / Peter A. Kiss.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Lincoln : : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,, [2014] 2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 289 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.