GUERRILLAS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR

Abstract

The author examines the historic background of guerrilla warfare and compares the Spanish and the Russian tradition. He documents the direct Soviet involvement in guerrilla operations in the Spanish Civil War, and he examines guerrilla activities province by province. He concludes that guerrilla warfare makes a moderately effective contribution to conventional military operations, but a frequently decisive means of mobilizing popular support for unconventional political operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0703755

Entities

People

  • Barton Whaley

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Civil War
  • Department Of State
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Insurgency
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Terrorists

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Economics
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.