TY  - BOOK
AU  - HAMMES Thomas X
TI  - The sling and the stone: on war in the 21st century 
SN  - 0760320594 (hbk):
PY  - 2004///
CY  - St Paul MN, USA
PB  - Zenith Press
KW  - FOURTH GENERATION WARFARE
KW  - INSURGENCY
KW  - COUNTERINSURGENCY
N2  - Provides a definition of Fourth-Generation Warfare (4GW) and explains how and why it is an evolution of insurgency. Shows 4GW is a development of Mao Tse Tung's revolutionary warfare that has evolved through more recent events from the Vietnam War to Al Qaeda and Iraq. The book is critical of over-reliance on high-technology and network centric warfare concepts because these are only valid against similarly equipped and motivated forces. Calls for a restructuring of U.S. armed forces to enable them to effectively counter the methods that antagonists are using now and further refining for the future. Author is former USMC colonel
ER  -