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EVGENY MESSNER’S RUSSIAN CONCEPT OF THE REBEL WAR

Author(s): Leszek Sykulski
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy, Geopolitics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: myatezhevoyny; mutiny wars; hybrid wars; ascymmetric conflicts; Evgeny Messner; Russia;

Summary/Abstract: Evgeny Messner was a Russian professional soldier (colonel) and military theorist. He a new war strategy, which called “mutiny war” (rebel war; Russian: myatezhevoyny). He predicted that the future wars would be waged by small and special forces and terrorist cells (Leaderless Resistance strategy) gaining influence by subversion and organised revolutions rather than through traditional warfare.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 103-112
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish