Guerrilla warfare

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Guerrilla (also called a partisan) is a term borrowed from Spanish ("guerra" meaning "war" and "guerrilla" meaning "little war") used to describe small combat groups. Guerrilla warfare operates with small, mobile and flexible combat groups called cells, without a front line. Guerrilla warfare is one of the oldest forms of asymmetric warfare. Primary contributors to modern theories of guerrilla war include Mao Zedong, Wendell Fertig, Regis Debray, Vo Nguyen Giap, and Che Guevara. Later students of guerrilla warfare included Swiss Major Hans von Dach who wrote the now widely available Swiss Army field manual "Total Resistance". While "asymmetric warfare" is the military term for guerrilla tactics, it is often referred to in the pejorative as "terrorism".

Related Topics:
Spanish - War - Asymmetric warfare - Mao Zedong - Wendell Fertig - Regis Debray - Vo Nguyen Giap - Che Guevara - Hans von Dach - Terrorism

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