Insurgency: A Formidable Threat to Philippine Security

Abstract

A critical analysis of past events, attempted solutions, and the underlying assumptions in the past studies of the problem of insurgency in the Philippines is provided by the research paper. It addresses the characteristic and dynamics of insurgency problem for creating the situations which brought about insurgency. From the root cause, the author traced the events which complicated the issues involved. The impact of the colonial powers which dominated the country for more than 400 years were shown to have played the greater part. As the paper concluded that insurgency is the most formidable threat to the Philippine national security, it recommends holistic solution involving efforts by the whole machinery of the Philippine Government as necessary to stop the threat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202750

Entities

People

  • Sesinando C. Canding

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Second World War
  • Societies
  • Students
  • Teamwork
  • Terrorists
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.