Defense and the National Interest – As T.X. Hammes argues in The Sling and the Stone, 4GW began to take shape in the 1920s, and its roots go back to the dawn of history. An explanation of why it is just now becoming the dominant form of warfare.
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Category Archives: FourthGenerationWarfare
Fourth Generation Warfare – An OODA Loop Writ Large – 4GW and the Iraq War
Defense and the National Interest – In a new briefing, three retired officers – each hailing from a different service – lay out a vision for how the U.S. military must reorient itself to help meet security and reconstruction objectives in Iraq.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Strategic Defense Initiative
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind says distance from disorder is the key to winning the terror war. A major article on the theme of transforming 4GW into something that we can win.
Fourth Generation Warfare – 4GW On The Home Front
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind reminds us that 4GW is also being fought on American soil, by parties that have nothing to do with the armies of the Prophet.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Tactics of the Crescent Moon
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind reviews a book on how Islamic non-state forces fight.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Germany's Blunder
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind on how the US risks making the strategic mistake the Germans made in both World Wars.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Fallujah And The Moral Level Of War
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind comments on how he thinks the US has adopted the right approach on Fallujah.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – 4GW, High Noon, And How Even I Get It Now.
Defense and the National Interest – A martial artist contemplates fourth generation warfare.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Keeping Our SA Up
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind reminds all Fourth Generationists to follow the old fighter pilot rule: keep your situational awareness up. If you donít, if you allow yourself to focus on just one aspect of the Fourth Generation threat, youíre gonna get hosed.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Learning Curve
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind on the lessons not being learned by the US in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – 4GW In The Sudan
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind describes how 4th Generation Warfare techniques are being used in the conflict in the Sudan.
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Fourth Generation Warfare – Plan of Attack
The Atlantic – The United States is not just facing an insurgency in Iraqóit’s facing “netwar,” the newest kind.
Fourth Generation War – The Canon, continued
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind lists the books to read to understand 4th Generation War – Part 2.
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Fourth Generation War – The Canon Part 1
Defense and the National Interest – William Lind lists the books to read to understand 4th Generation Warfare – Part 1.
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