Irregular Warfare is Warfare

Abstract

Violent extremism is the most likely and dangerous threat the Nation will face between now and 2020. U.S. superiority in conventional warfighting has driven our adversaries to avoid direct military confrontation. The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) began with the recognition that irregular warfare (IW) has become the "warfare of choice" for our adversaries, who employ a strategy of physical, economic, and psychological subversion, attrition, and exhaustion to undermine and erode the power, influence, and will of the United States and its strategic partners. They fight us among the people in protracted struggles for popular support and legitimacy, limiting the utility of conventional applications of our military power

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA515615

Entities

People

  • Glenn M . Harned
  • Kenneth C. Coons Jr.

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Hybrid Warfare
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Planning
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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