Public Resolve: The Casualty of the Long War

Abstract

This briefing looks at Fourth Generation Operations which it defines as "Combat which combines elements of guerrilla tactics, terrorism, irregular warfare, insurgency and traditional warfare to target the will and morale of the enemy's support structure to achieve political victory" and public support over time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA488156

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Zalewski
  • Marcus B. Perry
  • Michael J. Artelli
  • Richard F. Deckro
  • Sonia Leach

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Air Force
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Attrition
  • Casualties
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Coefficients
  • Combat Operations
  • Information Operations
  • Information Science
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Public Opinion
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies