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100 1 _aHOFFMAN Frank G
245 _aComplex irregular warfare:
_bthe next revolution in military affairs/
_cFrank G Hoffman
260 _c2006
520 _aAt the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks the US was undergoing a military transformation involving missile defense, space assets, precision weaponry and information technology. However this transformation proved irrelevant in the face of threats posed by nontraditional adversaries employing complex irregular warfare. Current US strategy is more balanced between conventional major war and asymmetric threats but the author wonders how long it will be before the emphasis reverts to the traditional Pentagon view.
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xASYMMETRIC WARFARE
690 _aUNITED STATES
_xDEFENCE POLICY
773 _aOrbis:
_ba Journal of World Affairs :
_gVol 50 No3, Summer 2006, pp.395-411 (44)
945 _i20578-1001
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