Communist Guerillas Case Study

Today in time guerrilla warfare is used by one of the strongest armies of the world. These tactics were used even back during the revolutionary war. In the movie the Patriot, this movie portrays the fight during the revolutionary war and the battles and the horror they faced. The battlegrounds used in the war were a person's backyard. This new idea of guerilla warfare brought to the war was unconventional and efficient. There were small militias taking out countless redcoats. Although it wasn't the traditional form of fighting it worked. In the movie, the militia was led by Benjamin Martin. General Martin and his militias tactics were honorable.

A small country such as North Vietnam was able to win a war against a superpower like the United States of America, through, namely, tactics – such as Guerrilla Warfare -, the ignorance of their enemy, the attitude of the South Vietnamese, as well as a strong leader such as Ho Chi Minh. The Vietnam War was a major conflict (of the Cold War) which lasted from 1959 to 1975 , with US involvement from 1964 to 1973 . US reasons for their involvement in the war was their fear of “The Domino Effect” - or – the US fear that communism would spread to Vietnam and Southeast Asia, making them a major threat to national security. The Fall of Saigon marked the end of the war in 1975.

“The hearts and mind (HAM) theory is identified as winning the hearts and minds of the population which is a technique based on the implementation of the counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy of persuading the population to support the government and reject the insurgents.” The counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy as outlined by President Obama and General Petraeus’s most closely embrace is the heart and minds (HAM) theory. President Obama speech identified the United States strategic approach with Afghanistan in three elements. The three core elements addressed by President Obama during his speech on the strategy in Afghanistan are identified as: 1) utilize the military effort to create conditions for transition, 2) a civilian surge that

Beyond the lack of support from the United States’ citizens, the biggest reason that we lost was the lack of intel in regards to the enemy and the land. Before the Vietnam War, most of our wars had a very obvious enemy that we were fighting but this war was not the case. The most common enemy in this war which was referred to as North Vietnamese and they used a Guerrilla Warfare tactic and would blend in with the Vietnamese citizens. Guerrilla Warfare is also known as a hit and run tactic, the enemy would attack and then as quickly as they attacked they would disappear into the jungle without giving the United States the ability to mobilize and counter attack. The other tactic that the North Vietnamese that hurt the United States ability

By the early twentieth century the Liberal Government was worried that Britain’s military capability and general military power was not as strong and it once was. Therefore, the Government’s concern over national security definitely influenced the decision for the reforms. However, there are three main factors that also need to be taken into account when deciding if concern over national security was the real reason for the reforms: the Social reasons, concerns for Britain’s Empire and the Political motive. The Social reasons played a large part in persuading the Liberals to reform. The detailed reports of Booth and Rowntree, and the evidence which was brought to light, highlighted that nearly a 1/3 of Britain’s population lived in

O’Leary’s defines “guerrilla government” as the actions of career public servants who work against the wishes---either implicitly or explicitly communicated---of their superiors (O’Leary, 2014, pg. ).

This act was put in place as an example not to go against British rule but had the negative affect. This act angered them so much that it

The people believed that they should not house soldiers because they believed that their property is private. The government thought that soldiers should be given a safe home under their own citizens expense. They government in Britain usually won under the people's thoughts, comments and actions.

The battle of Chipyong-ni took place from 13-15 February 1951, in the small road hub and railway town of the same name1. The 8th Army Commander, General Ridgeway, determined that it was a key location to keep the Chinese from moving farther south to stabilize the UN front2. COL Paul Freeman, who would later become a four-star general, commanded the 23rd Infantry Regiment3. The unit recently won the battle of Twin Tunnels several miles south. “Freeman’s mission was to deny the enemy the use of the road net and hold the area” of Chipyong-ni4. Over the course of three long nights the Soldiers of the 23rd infantry regiment held back an overwhelming Chinese force, estimates from after the battle believe that there were six Chinese Communist Force (CCF) Divisions5.

Early this monday morning, during a peaceful church gathering, a fight broke out. The aggressor, who wished to remain anonymous, snapped in a blind fury against a fellow meeting attendee after his outpouring praise of communism. Enraged, the aggressor, an outspoken libertarian, grabbed a cupful of ice water and threw it in the communists open eyes. However, moral reasons prevented the communist from retaliating because of the aggressor's unfortunate disabilities. Which had possibly prevented an even more serious attack. Afterwards, in a futile attempt to save face the disabled boy denied all claims of assault.

Why are people against Communist? J. Edgar Hoover, Sidney Hook, and William O. Douglas have written articles about their opinion relating to Communist expanding throughout our Nation. Communism is a social organization based on the ownership controlled all economic and social activities. J. Edgar Hoover, Sidney Hook, and William O. Douglas have numerous points of view on Communism. Their voices and minds reveals that Communist is not who they say they are.

When used to advance personal interests, guerilla government can enhance administrative evil. Conversely, when it is used within a technical rational culture, because it drives cultural change, it can be a detriment to administrative evil because it drives systems of accountability that hold public officials responsible for their actions and behaviors. There are notable cases that illustrate the degree to which guerilla government is second nature in organizational life. For instance, the case of “The Nevada Four,” which describes how three scientists from the U.S. Department of Interior and one from the Nevada Department of Wildlife, successfully got a bill passed through Congress to dedicate water to the Nevada wetlands, legislation against which their superiors testified. The Nevada Four case demonstrates the ability of career bureaucrats to constrain administrative evil within the technical rational culture of the government.

Mao Zedong leader of the (CDC) advocated guerrilla fighting which he said is “a powerful special weapon with which we resist the Japanese and without which we cannot defeat them. And it can only succeed if employed by revolutionaries because it is a political and military style. guerrilla warfare is a way for the Chinese to expel an intruder that has more arms, equipment, and troops. Where the industrial nations stressed such tangible military factors such as arms, logistics and manpower; Mao focused on the intangibles which are time, space and will. Not being able to fight a well- equipped army in the field, Mao avoided battles by giving territory to the

Located in Southeast Asia between Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia was home to one of the bloodiest political regimes to exist in the 20th century. In a country, in which American government reports in 1959 documented, was full of “ ‘docile and passive people…[who] could not be counted on to act in any positive way for the benefit of US aims and policies’”, the United States conflict in neighboring Vietnam brought about incredible changes to an unsuspecting people (qted. in Dunlop 70). The countryside was bombed by the United States in order to uproot suspected North Vietnamese holdouts and supply routes starting in 1969. These bombing raids, which devastated

Austria is 69th in rank of global terrorism; the lower the rank, the higher impact from terrorism. With the lowest, Poland and Slovakia both have had no terrorist incidents. The CCC is known as the Communist Combatant Cells, they are a terrorist organization with communist ideals that was only active for around two years. This organization focused on bombings on capitalist property and assets rather than the destruction of people. During only 2 years, they had 20 successful attacks. Their group was thankfully shut down when their leader Pierre Carette was arrested and convicted of murder. Germany has an extensive history of terrorism since the end of the First World War. Denmark has had 36 events listed on the Global terrorist attacks.