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'''Fourth-generation warfare''' (4GW) is a conflict in which there is a blurring of the separation between [[war]]/[[politics]] and combatants/civilians. 4GW wars are more decentralized in terms of their command and control.  
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'''Fourth-generation warfare''' (4GW) is a conflict in which there is a blurring of the separation between [[war]] and [[politics]] and combatants/civilians. 4GW wars are more decentralized in terms of their command and control.  
  
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The term fourth-generation warfare was initially used in 1980 by a team of United States analysts, including the author William S. Lind, to describe warfare's return to a decentralized expression of conflict.<ref>[http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/problem/fourth-generation-warfare Fourth generation warfare], The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential</ref>
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== Journal articles ==
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*[https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/097492841006600203?journalCode=iqqa Tracing the Tenets of Fourth Generation Warfare in Terrorist and Insurgent Groups: The Case of al Qaeda], ''India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs''. Volume 66, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/097492841006600203
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== See also ==
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*[[Asymmetrical warfare]]
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*[[Terrorism]]
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*[[List of military strategies and concepts]]
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== External links ==
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*[http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/problem/fourth-generation-warfare Fourth generation warfare], The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
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*[https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/library/land-power-forum/canon-and-four-generations-warfare-part-4 The Canon and Four Generations of Warfare], Australian Army Research Center
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:37, March 25, 2024

Fourth-generation warfare (4GW) is a conflict in which there is a blurring of the separation between war and politics and combatants/civilians. 4GW wars are more decentralized in terms of their command and control.

The term fourth-generation warfare was initially used in 1980 by a team of United States analysts, including the author William S. Lind, to describe warfare's return to a decentralized expression of conflict.[1]


Journal articles

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Fourth generation warfare, The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential