02286nam a22003498a 4500 CR9781139199254 UkCbUP 20171022140751.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 111122s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139199254 (ebook) 9781107026087 (hardback) 9781107643338 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda U163 .M87 2012 355.4/2 23 Hybrid Warfare : Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present / [electronic resource] Edited by Williamson Murray, Peter R. Mansoor. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Hybrid 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. Asymmetric warfare Military history, Modern Murray, Williamson, editor of compilation. Mansoor, Peter R., editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107026087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139199254 Cambridge Books Online 228281 228281