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# [[warfare|Warfare]] in which one or more [[combatant]]s are [[irregular]]s (such as [[partisan]]s, [[guerrilla]]s or [[insurgent]]s) rather than [[regular]] military [[force]]s. |
# [[warfare|Warfare]] in which one or more [[combatant]]s are [[irregular]]s (such as [[partisan]]s, [[guerrilla]]s or [[insurgent]]s) rather than [[regular]] military [[force]]s. |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Robert Russell Mackey|title=The Uncivil War: '''Irregular Warfare''' in the Upper South, 1861-1865|isbn=0806137363}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Robert Russell Mackey|title=The Uncivil War: '''Irregular Warfare''' in the Upper South, 1861-1865|isbn=0806137363}} |
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#* {{quote-text|en|year=2010|author=Stephen I. Rockenback|chapter=The Spoliation of Defenseless Farmers and Villagers|title=U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare 1775-2007: Selected Papers|isbn=016081233X |
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|passage=Studying the raid's effect on one community reveals how the different forms of '''irregular warfare''' — partisan warfare, guerrilla tactics, and cavalry raids — intertwined along the Ohio River border.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|author=John Arquilla|title=Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits: How masters of '''irregular warfare''' shaped our world|isbn=1566639085}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|author=John Arquilla|title=Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits: How masters of '''irregular warfare''' shaped our world|isbn=1566639085}} |
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## {{lb|en|in particular}} Warfare with the [[aim]] of gaining or establishing [[political]] [[authority]] using [[asymmetric warfare]] [[tactics]]. |
## {{lb|en|in particular}} Warfare with the [[aim]] of gaining or establishing [[political]] [[authority]] using [[asymmetric warfare]] [[tactics]]. |
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Revision as of 23:59, 13 June 2023
English
Noun
irregular warfare (uncountable)
- Warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars (such as partisans, guerrillas or insurgents) rather than regular military forces.
- 2005, Robert Russell Mackey, The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South, 1861-1865, →ISBN:
- 2010, Stephen I. Rockenback, “The Spoliation of Defenseless Farmers and Villagers”, in U.S. Army and Irregular Warfare 1775-2007: Selected Papers, →ISBN:
- Studying the raid's effect on one community reveals how the different forms of irregular warfare — partisan warfare, guerrilla tactics, and cavalry raids — intertwined along the Ohio River border.
- 2011, John Arquilla, Insurgents, Raiders, and Bandits: How masters of irregular warfare shaped our world, →ISBN:
- (in particular) Warfare with the aim of gaining or establishing political authority using asymmetric warfare tactics.
Quotations
- 2007, John Baylis, Strategy in the Contemporary World, →ISBN, page 163:
- Two recurrent themes run through the long history of irregular warfare. The first theme is that all forms of irregular warfare, including terrorism and insurgency, are appealing to those who seek change in the status quo against a more powerful adversary. […] The second theme is that conducting irregular warfare successfully to achieve change is a very challenging undertaking.
Antonyms
Hyponyms
Translations
warfare in which one or more combatants are irregulars
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