Old and New Insurgency Forms
Author | : Robert J. Bunker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 2016-03-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 1693093537 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781693093531 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book Old and New Insurgency Forms written by Robert J. Bunker and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph creates a proposed insurgency typology divided into legacy, contemporary, and emergent and potential insurgency forms, and provides strategic implications for U.S. defense policy as they relate to each of these forms. The typology clusters, insurgency forms identified, and their starting dates are as follows, Legacy: Anarchist (1880s), Separatist-Internal and External (1920s), Maoist Peoples (1930s), and Urban Left (Late-1960s); Contemporary: Radical Islamist (1979), Liberal Democratic (1989), Criminal (Early 2000s), and Plutocratic (2008); and Emergent and Potential: Blood Cultist (Emergent), Chinese Authoritarianism (Potentials; Near to Midterm), and Cyborg and Spiritual Machine (Potentials; Long Term/Science Fiction-like). The most significant strategic implications of these forms for U.S. defense policy are derived from the contemporary Radical Islamist form followed by the contemporary Criminal and emergent Blood Cultist forms. If the potential Chinese Authoritarianism form should come to pass it would also result in significant strategic impacts.