UNRESTRICTED WARFARE VERSUS COMBINATION WARFARE
UNRESTRICTED WARFARE VERSUS COMBINATION WARFARE
Author(s): Alfred VasilescuContributor(s): Diana Cristiana Lupu (Translator), Iulia NASTASIE (Translator)
Subject(s): Security and defense, Studies in violence and power, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: unconventional aggressions; Chinese doctrine; Unrestricted Warfare; US doctrine; Combination Warfare;
Summary/Abstract: During the last two decades, a massive transformation has occurred in developing and carrying wars, especially regarding the unconventional means of aggression. Two concepts have stood out: Unrestricted Warfare (UW), the Chinese vision about that kind of conflict, and the American reaction to it, named Combination Warfare (CW). An analytical view regarding the connection between these theories is developed in this paper. As far as Western theorists are concerned, the key principle of combination warfare is based on the following rule of engagement: mix and use as many forms of warfare as possible, changing their relative weight and importance as the circumstances of the conflict change, vertically and horizontally and in both ways to discourage the opponents or to overwhelm them with the ability to launch a large and changing number of attacks that are traditional and unconventional at the same time.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 24-36
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
