Insurgencies in the Infosphere

Abstract

Militaries have in most cases considered insurgencies as a perverted and improper form of war. Napoleon the 1st, so brilliant at fighting big, decisive battle, was never quite able to understand the insurrection that followed his successful invasion of Spain. The US military won the conventional war in Iraq in months, but failed to end the ensuing insurrection in years. Even today, after two major insurrections fought in parallel, the major military powers still design their weapons, tactics and training for the next conventional war, considering that high intensity tools will do well for low intensity conflicts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1022962

Entities

People

  • William Dupuy

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Attrition
  • Combat Areas
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Channels
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Digital Communications
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • International Organizations
  • Military Organizations
  • Mobile Phones
  • Political Systems
  • Psychological Operations
  • Terrorism
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.