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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

See also pages that link to Insurgency or to this page.

Parent topics

Subtopics

• Civil war [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Counterinsurgency [r]: Theory and practice of defeating insurgency without creating even more local resistance or strategic failures [e]
• Counterterrorism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Coup [r]: An act by some members of a government, possibly with outside support, to take control of that government by means it considers unlawful [e]
• Revolution [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Terrorism [r]: Any act, nearly always violent, unpredictable, and chaotic in nature, often targetting civilians, intended to create an atmosphere of fear in order to obtain a political objective. [e]

Other related topics

• Foreign internal defense [r]: The United States military doctrine for counterinsurgency [e]
• Guerilla warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Protracted war [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Revolutionary warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Unconventional warfare (United States doctrine) [r]: The United States' doctrinal term for the way the Department of Defense sees its forces operating in the more global context of insurgency. [e]