Joint Publication Definition

To overthrow is to take over the government, either certain characters in the government or even the whole governmental system. To achieve this, there are two major methods. The first is to use violence against the government. To attack the police would be considered as an act of rebellion and an attempt to take over the government. The other method is take over by political means such as voting against a person. To campaign against certain person, in some cases, can be considered as an overthrowing, but most campaigns are just an expression of ideas that oppose the idea of the government, not necessarily an overthrowing of the government itself. Just as how to correct a teacher would be to reform the teacher of a certain thought or method,

The conditions that people may alter or abolish their government are any circumstances in which the majority of the people feel oppressed and the rights to freedom are removed. When governing a people there has to be limitations on freedom. My understanding of the word freedom is having the ability to do what you please as long as you refrain from the physical or

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its new foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most

The use of Irregular Warfare has been ongoing for years around the world. Irregular warfare is described as a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations. I will discuss where the U.S. may apply military force in conjunction with other means of national power to stabilize the nation of Somalia. I will also discuss why it would be considered as an Irregular Warfare environment.

Guerrillas fluctuate broadly in size, make‑up, strategies, and routines starting with one insurrection then onto the next. They even fluctuate broadly inside of an uprising, particularly in each of the three periods of a rebellion.

The second Part of Jonathan R. White’s ninth edition Terrorism and Homeland Security deals with the national and ethnic movements of international terrorism, their emergence as well as well as motifs. Ideological terrorist and ethnic separatists are hard to differentiate since they use the same procedures and tactics to get their demands. Although both fall under the definition of terrorism, there is a difference in the definition of their goals and demands. While separatists have defined, achievable goal, religious terrorists have a nihilistic ideology that are from a rational point of view not feasible. Therefore, it is impossible for satisfactorily negotiation

Carl von Clausewitz stated that “the value of [the] object must determine the sacrifices to be made for it in magnitude and also in duration.” (Clausewitz, 92) With that maxim in mind, it makes strategic sense for an outside power to intervene in an insurgency when it supports the power’s policy objective and the cost of the intervention does not exceed the value of the object.

An ideological war is like guerrilla war, since the enemy is an idea whose proponents are not in uniform but

Due to its changing nature and different political viewpoints, terrorism is hard to define. Most definitions tend to include some form of fear created through an act of violence. While violence is the tactic, the goal is fear which will serve to create a desired change as a result. However, this definition has not always been appropriate for terrorism. Take for instance the words of Edmund Burke, a British philosopher, who described the situation in France in the 18th century French Revolution as a “Reign of Terror,” (White, Jonathan. 2013. "Defining Terrorism in Modern History." In Terrorism and Homeland Security 3-27, Wadsworth Centage Learning pp 7). In this time period terrorism was a word of the people in describing the brutal tactics of the government which were meant to keep the people in line. Because one time period is looking at

In recent studies and readings of wars, I would agree with the definition of Insurgency for JP 3-24 and FM 3-24.2. I want to focus on the definition part that says to overthrow, force, weaken, or change a government. This is crucial in defining why I support the term insurgency and what it means.

Counterinsurgency is the act against the activities of guerrilla warfare tactics or revolutionaries by military or political action. In a sense, states are trying to make peace without war. Counterinsurgency came into effect after the end of World War 1. Increasing mechanization is one the main reasons for this. The United States in an attempt to be proactive, as always, adopted a new way in which to possibly defeat insurgents.

I would challenge you to look at insurgents as more of a political movement. While there may be similarities with extremists, since some insurgent groups have employed terrorism, their goals are more politically motivated. For example, look at the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt had overtaken the government with the support of the people utilizing mainly hearts and minds. Granted, the Muslim Brotherhood's ideals were altered over time to utilize threat tactics and tortures on their own people but this eventually lead to their downfall. They betrayed the people that had helped them rise. On the other hand, extremists employ terrorist utilize aggression against non-combatants with few internal reservations. Ultimately I believe both extremists and

The book Adapting to Win is about a style of warfare called Insurgency. The author Katagiri Noriyuki explains that the new age of global conflicts that uses asymmetric warfare is not really asymmetric but uses a term called “extrasystemic”. The reason that wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not really asymmetric warfare, but are extrasystemic is because asymmetric warfare is fought by two established powers and with the growing non state sponsored insurgents they are classified as extrasystemic. The author’s thesis in this book is about why an insurgency is successful or not, based on the model of insurgency used. I believe that the author does a good job explaining his thesis, but I do not really agree with the new classification of extrasystemic.

“The basic equation of guerrilla war is as simple as it is difficult to execute: the

Terrorism, then, is a type of political crime that makes use of murder and destruction or the threat of such violence in order to promote change. It is a