Drawing on a long history of resistance, Ukraine is effectively using asymmetric and guerrilla warfare tactics to counter ...

American Revolution Reinvents Guerrilla Warfare In the new book Invisible Armies, author Max Boot traces the role of guerrilla warfare through history, starting in the Roman Empire all the way up ...

War; Its History and Principles. The modern Servian, Greek and Montenegrin wars of independence were, in fact, sustained guerrilla efforts, sanctioned and to a very small extent directed by a ...

In guerrilla war, torture is the rule, not the exception. It is once again to the credit of the United States that such behavior is deemed unacceptable by the government and public alike.

Discover the dramatic story of the First Chechen War, where a small republic challenged the might of the Russian military. This documentary explores the origins of Chechen resistance, the rise of ...

Boot offers 12 lessons derived from 5,000 years of guerrilla warfare. A few are particularly germane. For instance, a guerrilla operation is more likely to succeed if it has outside support.

Guerrilla warfare refers to a loosely organized effort fighting against a bigger, more established force—for example, a band of rebels using the element of surprise against heavily armed troops.

Guerilla warfare is almost as old as war, but traditionally it was used by the little/weaker side to hold off the larger/less agile side. IDF incursions into Gaza over the past few days have been ...

A fierce outbreak of fighting in northern Colombia between rival guerilla factions in a drug turf war, has displaced tens of thousands of people. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ...

The U.S. military speared two of the largest fish in Iraq — Odai and Qusai Hussein — and expressed hope that the “water” that had sustained them will dry up. But Saddam Hussein remains at ...