"Making Riflemen from Mud": Restoring the Army's Culture of Irregular Warfare
Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College, 2007. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. v, [1], 29, [1] p. This is one of the Carlisle Papers in Security Strategy. Endnotes. From Wikipedia: "Irregular warfare is warfare in which one or more combatants are irregular military rather than regular forces. Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare, and so is asymmetric warfare. Irregular warfare favors indirect and asymmetric warfare approaches, though it may employ the full range of military and other capabilities, in order to erode the adversary s power, influence, and will. It is inherently a protracted struggle that will test the resolve of a state and its strategic partners. Concepts associated with irregular warfare are older than the term itself. "Irregular forces" is a term in international humanitarian law referring to a category of combatants consisting of individuals forming part of the armed forces of a party to an armed conflict, international or non-international, but not belonging to that party's regular forces and operating in or outside of their own territory even if the territory is under occupation." Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling.
Keywords: Irregular Warfare, Unconventional Warfare, Paramilitary, Partisan, Nonstate armed groups, Special Operations, Scouts, Military Assistance, Counterinsurgency
ISBN: 9781584873181
[Book #70494]
Price: $37.50