Small Wars Journal: This is Not our Father's Cold War - It's Irregular

Abstract

As the U.S. national security establishment grapples with the change of the global environment from the post-Cold War U.S.-led unipolar world to a multipolar one, much of the investment of capital - fiscal and intellectual - has been on large scale combat operations between peer nations. Yet, if the past is prologue, much of the competition, and even conflict, between great powers will likely fall into the category of Irregular Warfare. How to approach the Irregular Warfare problem today presents significant challenges and great opportunities. In the DOD, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has much of the responsibility for the preparation of forces to conduct and execute Irregular Warfare (IW); its forces are purpose-built for this environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 2023
Accession Number
AD1201842

Entities

People

  • Paul Burton

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Cold War
  • Combat Operations
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Monitoring
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Training
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control