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Winning wars amongst the people [electronic resource] : case studies in asymmetric conflict / Peter A. Kiss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Lincoln, NB : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:
  • 9781612347035
  • 1612347037
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 355.4/2 23
LOC classification:
  • U240 .K523 2014
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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