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social media and mobile communications technology). A terrorist network could be designed to be either acephalous (headless like Al-Qaeda after Bin Laden) or polycephalous (hydra-headed like
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which 4GW opponents adapt those traditional concepts to present day conditions. These conditions are shaped by technology, globalization, religious fundamentalism, and a shift in moral and ethical norms which brings legitimacy to certain issues previously considered restrictions on the conduct of war. This amalgamation and metamorphosis produces novel ways of war for both the entity on the offensive and that on the defensive.
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blending of different generations of warfare with the exception that fourth generation also encompasses new technology. Fourth generation warfare theorists such as Lind and Hammes wish to make the point that it "is not just that the military's structure and equipment are ill-suited to the 4GW problem, but so is its psyche".
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are simply insurgencies. He also claims that 4GW was "reinvented" by Lind to create the appearance of having predicted the future. Echevarria writes: "The generational model is an ineffective way to depict changes in warfare. Simple displacement rarely takes place, significant developments typically
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are "providing an analytical lens through which to view the type of opposition that exists now 'out there' and to highlight the shortcomings of the current US military in dealing with that opposition." Instead of fourth generation warfare being an explanation for a new way of warfare, it allows the
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A 4GW enemy has the following characteristics: lack of hierarchical authority, lack of formal structure, patience and flexibility, ability to keep a low profile when needed, and small size. A 4GW adversary might use the tactics of an insurgent, terrorist, or guerrilla in order to wage war against a
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and establishing the state's need to organize and conduct war. 1GW consisted of tightly ordered soldiers with top-down discipline. These troops would fight in close order and advance slowly. This began to change as the battlefield changed. Old line and column tactics are now considered suicidal as
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trying to implement their own government or reestablish an old government over the current ruling power. However, a non-state entity tends to be more successful when it does not attempt, at least in the short term, to impose its own rule, but tries simply to disorganize and delegitimize the
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Both desired their factions to deescalate the conflict while the state escalates against them, the objective being to target the opponent on the moral and mental levels rather than the physical level. The state is then seen as oppressive and loses support.
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in which the warfare takes place. The aim is to force the state adversary to expend manpower and money in an attempt to establish order, ideally in such a highhanded way that it merely increases disorder, until the state surrenders or withdraws.
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in World War I against the
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to obtain the weaker side's objectives, the logic being that the civilians of the stronger state would lose the will to fight as a result of seeing their state engage in alleged atrocities and having their own bank accounts harmed.
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nation's infrastructure. Fourth generation warfare takes place on all fronts: economical, political, the media, military, and civilian. Conventional military forces often have to adapt tactics to fight a 4GW enemy.
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where there was still strict adherence to drill and discipline of formation and uniform. However, there remained a dependence on artillery and firepower to break the stalemate and move towards a
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theory has been criticized on the grounds that it is "nothing more than repackaging of the traditional clash between the non-state insurgent and the soldiers of a nation-state."
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theory as "elegant irrelevance" and states that "its methods are unclear, its facts contentious and open to widely varying interpretations, and its relevance questionable."
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Colonel Thomas X. Hammes, 'Four
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The generations of warfare described by these authors are:
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Use of insurgency tactics as subversion, terrorism and
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characterized by a blurring of the distinction between
2770:"The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation"
2712:– collective name for planning the conduct of warfare
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The Sling and The Stone: On War in the 21st
Century
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2945:"Networks, netwar and information-age terrorism"
2421:Fourth-generation warfare has often involved an
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2160:The term was first used in 1980 by a team of
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2943:Arquilla, J., Ronfeldt, D, and Zanini, M.
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2817:Fourth Generation War: Paradigm For Change
2550:Disaggregated forces, such as guerrillas,
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2341:the bow and arrow/sword morphed into the
2199:, predate the modern concept of warfare.
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
4873:List of military strategies and concepts
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1074:List of military strategies and concepts
2747:– the theory that wars happen in cycles
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2446:, particularly in conflicts involving
2180:, the fourth generation signifies the
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2977:Fourth Generation War and Other Myths
2597:Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths
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2248:Non-combatants are tactical dilemmas
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47:adding citations to reliable sources
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5333:Idealism in international relations
2689:Grey-zone (international relations)
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2704:Military operations other than war
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2402:attempted to retain their grip on
2296:(US Army), and Lieutenant Colonel
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2528:Fourth-generation warfare goals:
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2197:slave uprising under Spartacus
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2961:On Fourth Generation Warfare
2914:, St. Paul, MN. 2006, p 293.
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5420:Military operations by type
4855:Operational manoeuvre group
2988:Strategic Studies Institute
2873:"Fourth-generation Warfare"
2776:, October 1989, pp. 22-26.
2659:Defense Clandestine Service
2650:Special Activities Division
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2585:Strategic Studies Institute
2547:, or family or clan honor.
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2178:generational modern warfare
1567:Military–industrial complex
1046:Operational manoeuvre group
58:"Fourth-generation warfare"
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5288:Peace and conflict studies
5177:Infantry fighting vehicles
3716:Front; Russian land forces
2871:Vest, Jason (2001-12-01).
2861:. Malden, MA: Polity Press
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2791:Canadian Military Journal
2613:fourth-generation warfare
2601:fourth generation warfare
2579:Fourth-generation warfare
2123:Fourth-generation warfare
1631:Loss-of-strength gradient
488:Combat information center
5258:Lists of wars by country
4700:List of military tactics
3818:Self-propelled artillery
3706:Special units by nation:
3149:Protocols and structure:
2684:Fifth-generation warfare
2593:Antulio J. Echevarria II
2523:third generation warfare
1949:Military science fiction
1434:Technology and equipment
855:List of military tactics
5355:International relations
5348:Crimes against humanity
3995:Other infantry weapons:
3711:Battle Fleet; U.S. Navy
3282:Functional specialties:
2965:The Mackenzie Institute
2793:"Book Review" July 2008
2789:Colonel Mike Capstick,
2664:Civilian casualty ratio
2609:Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
2472:violent non-state actor
2427:violent non-state actor
2316:The Sling and The Stone
2193:violent non-state actor
2017:Wartime sexual violence
1773:Full-spectrum dominance
1584:Supply-chain management
5440:21st-century conflicts
5435:20th-century conflicts
5323:Conscientious objector
3431:Special reconnaissance
3171:Awards and decorations
2857:Thornton, Rod (2007).
2814:Ghanshyam. S. Katoch,
2740:War amongst the people
2723:– writer on 4GW topics
2716:New generation warfare
2611:, USMC, characterizes
2515:Martin Luther King Jr.
2513:or the marches led by
2243:low-intensity conflict
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1929:Awards and decorations
1902:Peace through strength
1877:Low-intensity conflict
1511:Conscientious objector
1384:Area of responsibility
5425:Psychological warfare
4343:Torpedo Data Computer
4333:Ship gun fire-control
2509:'s opposition to the
2223:Complex and long term
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2151:five-generation model
521:Torpedo data computer
511:Ship gun fire-control
5204:Specific modern wars
5152:Vehicles and weapons
5077:Military occupations
3676:Carrier strike group
2774:Marine Corps Gazette
2734:Unrestricted Warfare
2314:(Ret.) in his book,
2307:Marine Corps Gazette
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