Composite warfare and civil war outcome

Can rebels utilize variation in modes of warfare to overcome long odds and defeat incumbent forces? I find that rebel use of hybrid forms of warfare – the alternating use of conventional and irregular warfare – produce remarkably higher rates of victory over rebellions utilizing only irregular or co...

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Main Author: Hartwig, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 6, Pages: 1268-1290
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Keywords:
Civil War
civil war outcome
hybrid warfare
Insurgency
Strategy
Vietnam War
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Summary:Can rebels utilize variation in modes of warfare to overcome long odds and defeat incumbent forces? I find that rebel use of hybrid forms of warfare – the alternating use of conventional and irregular warfare – produce remarkably higher rates of victory over rebellions utilizing only irregular or conventional warfare. I argue that specific structural and organizational conditions enable use of hybrid warfare. Access to sanctuary, centralized command, and social-political cohesion interact with one another to create remarkably flexible and durable rebel organizations capable of absorbing conventional defeats, while using irregular warfare to shape conditions for eventual conventional victory.
Item Description:Gesehen am 23.01.2023
Published online: 30 May 2018
Physical Description:Diagramme
ISSN:1556-1836
DOI:10.1080/09546553.2018.1464444