Fighting Complex Opponents from the Ancient World to the Present / [electronic resource] Murray, Williamson editor of compilation. Mansoor, Peter R. editor of compilation. text enk 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). 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. Edited by Williamson Murray, Peter R. Mansoor. Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Asymmetric warfare Military history, Modern U163 .M87 2012 355.4/2 9781139199254 (ebook) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139199254 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139199254 UkCbUP 111122 20171022140751.0 CR9781139199254