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! A) Institutionalized Wars. ! B) Total Wars. ! C) War of the Third Kind or Peoples War
Total Wars
! The monarchical states were replaced by nationstates that waged wars with unlimited manpower pools, conscription, and armed forces motivated by nationalism. The purpose of combat was to destroy the enemy, not force it to surrender.
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! The purpose of such war is often to to politicize the masses, to turn them into good revolutionaries or guerrilla bases.
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Counter-Insurgency
! In general counter-insurgency strategy is made up of the following componentsbalanced development, security of the population against the guerrillas or insurgents, neutralization of the insurgents by physical and psychological separation from their population base, and mobilization of popular support for the state.
History of Revolutionary
! Applied by T.W. Lawrence against the Ottomans during the First World War in the Middle East. ! Based on Chinas experience, Mao developed his famous three-stages of revolutionstrategic defensive, stalemate, and counter-offensive.
History of Revolutionary
! The Reagan Administrations active effort to roll-back the tide of communism in the Third World by supporting insurgencies against Marxist-style regimes backed by Moscow in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Angola, Cambodia, and Nicaragua.
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Stages of Revolutionary
! Establishment of a political party. ! Wining over mass support and creation of a mass base.
Stages of Revolutionary
! Development of a military arm that will conduct a guerrilla war against the state. ! Development of a mobile warfare capability for a full-scale military campaign against the state as a prelude to the final campaign of annihilation.
Counter-Insurgency
! Recognition of the nature of the threat. ! Isolating the insurgents from their bases of support.
Counter-Insurgency
! Eradication of insurgents through the physical destruction of insurgent political bases.
! Preventing external support to the movement by denying it any sanctuary in and out of the country, and preventing arms transfer and direct military support by external forces.
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Preventing.
! A strong argument is often made that the very feature of counter-revolutionary warfare of introducing reforms and making concessions to disaffected groups to win popular support is in part at least the very thing the insurgents are seeking. Violence in this sense is seen to be successful in forcing the government to change its policies and give opponents what they want. ! John Baylis, 1975