guerilla warfare

“Accidental Guerrilla” Syndrome in California, 1836-1846

SWJED — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 07:21:35 +0000

“Accidental Guerrilla” Syndrome in California, 1836-1846 SWJED Wed, 04/01/2020 - 3:21am

Sun Tzu’s injunction to “know your enemy” is never more critical than in counterinsurgency (COIN) warfare. During its COIN conflicts in the last hundred years, the United States military has fallen especially prey to the thinking trap of lumping all its opponents into the same category. COIN expert David Kilcullen identified this phenomenon as “accidental guerrilla syndrome” in his 2009 book of the same name.

Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution – Book Excerpt – Chapter 3: Simon Bolivar

SWJED — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 17:00:27 +0000

Guerrilla Warfare: Kings of Revolution – Book Excerpt – Chapter 3: Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar made a successful career of failures, defeats, elimination of competing fellow countrymen and repeated exiles manifested in the numerous early short-lived republics of Venezuela.

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A Review: Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:30:00 +0000

A Review: Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present Peter J. Munson Tue, 04/16/2013 - 3:30am

Guerilla warfare is not an “Eastern Way of War,” it is the universal war of the weak.

The Russian Counterinsurgency Operation in Chechnya Part 1: Winning the Battle, Losing the War, 1994 – 1996

Peter J. Munson — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:30:00 +0000

The Russian Counterinsurgency Operation in Chechnya Part 1: Winning the Battle, Losing the War, 1994 – 1996 Peter J. Munson Tue, 10/30/2012 - 5:30am

The Russian Federal forces enjoyed overwhelming superiority, yet were forced into a premature cease-fire in 1996 and suffered immense casualties.