Global insurgency and the future of armed conflict : debating fourth-generation warfare /
edited by Terry Terriff, Aaron Karp and Regina Karp.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- ix, 303 p. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge global security studies ; 2 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Part I. Introduction: 1. The fourth generation warfare debate / Aaron Karp, Regina Karp and Terry Terriff -- Part II. The re-discovery of fourth generation warfare: 2. The changing face of war: into the fourth generation / William S. Lind, Colonel Keith Nightengale (USA), Captain John F. Schmitt (USMC), Colonel Joseph W. Sutton (USA), Gary I. Wilson, (USMCR) ; 3. War evolves into the fourth generation / Thomas X. Hammes -- Part III. Evaluating fourth generational warfare theory: 4. Politics with guns: a response to T.X. Hammes' "War evolves into the fourth generation" James J. Wirtz ; 5. A brief note on "fourth generation warfare" / Edward Luttwak ; 6. It will continue to conquer and spread / Martin van Creveld ; 7. Deconstructing the theory of fourth-generation war / Antulio J. Echevarria II ; 8. Elegant irrelevance revisited: a critique of fourth generation warfare / Michael Evans ; 9. Generations at war? / John Ferris ; 10. War evolves into the fourth generation: a comment on Thomas X. Hammes / Lawrence Freedman ; 11. Fourth generation: a "new" form of 'warfare'? / Rod Thornton ; 12. The mythology of fourth generation warfare / David S. Sorenson ; 13. The will doesn't triumph / William S. Lind ; 14. Response / Thomas X. Hammes -- Part IV. Fourth generation wars: 15. America in peril: fourth generation warfare in the 21st century / Colonel Chet Richards (USAF, retired), Lieutenant Colonel Greg Wilcox, (USA, retired) and Col. G.I. Wilson (USMC, retired) ; 16. Fourth generation warfare in Afghanistan / Warren Chin ; 17. The end of Israeli omnipotence? / Avi Kober ; 18. Fourth generation warfare in Africa: back to the future? / Paul Jackson -- Part V. The implications of fourth generation warfare: 19. Combating fourth generation warfare / Frank Hoffman ; 20. Information Operations in 4GW / Thomas X. Hammes ; 21. The flight to irrelevance? Air power and fourth generation warfare / Donald A. McCuish ; 22. Venus calling: Can Nato cope with 4GW? / Col. Dr. Frans Osinga ; 23. Transforming NATO for a fourth generation warfare world / Diego Ruiz Palmer ; 24. Fighting fourth generation wars: the Indian experience / Rajesh Rajagopolan -- Part VI. Conclusion: 25. Can we adapt to fourth generation warfare? / Terry Terriff, Regina Karp and Aaron Karp.