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_aComplex irregular warfare: _bthe next revolution in military affairs/ _cFrank G Hoffman |
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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. | ||
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_aUNITED STATES _xASYMMETRIC WARFARE |
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_aUNITED STATES _xDEFENCE POLICY |
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_aOrbis: _ba Journal of World Affairs : _gVol 50 No3, Summer 2006, pp.395-411 (44) |
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