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020 _a9781139199254 (ebook)
020 _z9781107026087 (hardback)
020 _z9781107643338 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_cUkCbUP
_erda
050 0 0 _aU163
_b.M87 2012
082 0 0 _a355.4/2
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245 0 0 _aHybrid Warfare :
_bFighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present /
_cEdited by Williamson Murray, Peter R. Mansoor.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (334 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aHybrid warfare has been an integral part of the historical landscape since the ancient world, but only recently have analysts - incorrectly - categorised these conflicts as unique. Great powers throughout history have confronted opponents who used a combination of regular and irregular forces to negate the advantage of the great powers' superior conventional military strength. As this study shows, hybrid wars are labour-intensive and long-term affairs; they are difficult struggles that defy the domestic logic of opinion polls and election cycles. Hybrid wars are also the most likely conflicts of the twenty-first century, as competitors use hybrid forces to wear down America's military capabilities in extended campaigns of exhaustion. Nine historical examples of hybrid warfare, from ancient Rome to the modern world, provide readers with context by clarifying the various aspects of conflicts and examining how great powers have dealt with them in the past.
650 0 _aAsymmetric warfare
650 0 _aMilitary history, Modern
700 1 _aMurray, Williamson,
_eeditor of compilation.
700 1 _aMansoor, Peter R.,
_eeditor of compilation.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107026087
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139199254
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