Guerrilla warfare

Is ‘global counter-insurgency’ a viable strategy in the ‘war on terror’? After the 9/11 attacks in the United States, the War on Terror was the strategy that the Bush government developed with the aim to defeat the organization that had accomplished this attack, Al Qaeda. The immediate response of the Bush Administration after the attack was the invasion of Afghanistan, with the goal of eliminating and expel the targets that had made the country their sanctuary. This group was presented as the

The Vietnamese had a large advantage during the War because the civilians helped fight, the jungle came with many dangers and helped with guerrilla warfare, and the Vietnamese knew the land and tunnels. “No war is easy for those who fight it and each conflict brings its own challenges” (Llewellyn). The Viet Cong were successful fighters because they were used to fighting countries to stay communist. This allowed them to develop many tactics. The American mission was to secure South Vietnam, gain

for the south. His extreme passion for slavery and war was proven numerous times as he and his ruffian’s murdered, demolished, and destroyed towns and villages in Missouri and Kansas. In Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla, Albert Castel and Thomas Goodrich provide a look at the "real war" by describing a gritty, brutally realistic portrait of William Anderson, and his malicious acts to protect what he believed. In this review I will look at the life of William “Bloody

to advance, no safe region to defend, or base to retreat. Territory changed hands frequently and people often moved freely with their political loyalties. It was an ambiguous and vague struggle between a powerful conventional military force and a guerrilla force that operated in the shadows. With the Vietcong fighting in such an unexpected and deceptive way, American soldiers often encountered

the Program on Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Studies Program Manager Susan Stipanovich, aims to detail an historical analysis of the Taliban and Al Qaeda using unconventional warfare against civilians in Afghanistan. Introduction Unconventional Warfare Unconventional warfare is defined as “activities to enable a resistance or insurgency to coerce, disrupt or overthrow a government or occupying power through or with an underground, auxiliary and [or] guerrilla force in a denied area.”

Ethiopia is one of the oldest surviving countries in the world. While its current economic, societal, and political conditions are considered povertous from the viewpoint of a first world nation, the country has been a relative powerhouse in the Horn of Africa. It has a large military, gross domestic product growth, and a relatively stable international position compared to its neighbors. In the last 60 years, however, it has been continually embroiled in a border dispute with its neighbor Eritrea

After year of recruiting, training, plotting, Fidel was ready to launch his revolutionary offensive. “His rebel ‘army’ consisted of less than 200 men, and two women;” (Huberman 1960: 28) the group consisted of students or graduates, and nearly all of them were young people like himself and his brother, Raúl. Most of them were “politically active, articulate and impatient young men who had been drawn to the radical movements or to the ardently reformist Orthodox Party of Eduardo Chibas.” (Macgaffey

After the Vietnam War, thousands of veterans suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). For over fifty years PTSD previously referred to as “Shell Shock” has been a significant problem for Vietnam veterans. The National Veterans Readjustment survey conducted in 1988 found that 31% of men and 27% of women suffered from PTSD upon their return home from the Vietnam War. Important to realize, it was not until 1989 did the Veterans Administrations (VA) list PTSD as one of the leading conditions

Irregular Warfare against ISIS/ISIL Before I commence to identify some of the Irregular Warfare (IW) activities seen in this war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS/ISIL), I would like to briefly define the term Irregular Warfare and describe what ISIS/ISIL really is. Irregular Warfare is described as a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant population(s). Irregular Warfare is a deviation

“Defeat in Vietnam has left the United States deeply divided” (Hallin, 1986:3). The Vietnam War became a major Cold War conflict in the 1960s period. This essay will evaluate the following question; what are the main reasons for the United States (US) defeat in the Vietnam War? The research was done through the qualitative research method which included books, journals and articles. This essay will argue that the main reasons for the US defeat in the Vietnam War was because of their inefficient tactics