New Modes of Conflict,

Abstract

What is armed conflict apt to be like in the remainder of the twentieth century? This report examines the components of modern warfare, the complex interrelationships among them, and the types of conflict that are likely to occur in the next two decades. The report foresees three major components of nonnuclear armed conflict: conventional war, guerrilla warfare, and international terrorism. It focuses on low-level conflict-warfare that is short of open, fullfledged conventional warfare between nations-because such limited warfare has been increasing over the past 20 years, and because the United States has found itself directly or indirectly engaged in a number of low-level conflicts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138244

Entities

People

  • B. M. Jenkins

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central America
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Conventional Warfare
  • El Salvador
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Vietnam War

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design