Talk:Fourth generation warfare

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Fourth generation warfare directly attacks the will of the technologically advantaged opponent to continue the conflict. Mao's Long March and the Ho's Wars in Indochina are examples of 4GW. Peaceful use of ideological networks, such as Ghandi's march to the sea, are examples of 4GW's peaceful cousin, Fourth Generation Politics.

I think that this displays a misunderstanding of the concept. 4GW is a fusion of politics and warfare. Note the earlier definition of 4GW and check out Mao tse Tung's quote on the definitions of politics and war.Ace Diamond 20:47, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

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Changed reference from the Long March to the People's war. Added link to Indochina Wars. Also changed the following:

Fourth generation warfare directly attacks the will of the technologically advantaged opponent to continue the conflict.

I changed continue to prevail, as the continuation of the conflict is the means of prevailing. Deleuze 14:34, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

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It seems this article mostly misunderstands the fundemental concept of fourth generation war. Most of it needs to be rewritten with a better understanding of the subject, IMO.

I may attempt this, but I don't have too much spare time right now. Hopefully this can be done.DrDimension 14:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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I don't pretend to be an expert on the subject, but would the Israeli-Palestinian conflict be a Fourth Generation War? srvbeach21 00:40, 18 July 2006

[edit] references

It is quite sad that we have so many weblogs listed in the references section. Can't we come up with something like a primary source for it? ... aa:talk 19:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

The link http://www.d-n-i.net/fcs/4th_gen_war_gazette.htm is a copy of the orginal Marine Corps Gazette article on 4GW.--Purpleslog 02:44, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] debunked

The entire 4GW 'concept' is trashed comprehensively in FOURTH-GENERATION WAR AND OTHER MYTHS by Dr.Antulio J. Echevarria II [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.16.127.164 (talk) 18:21, 3 February 2007 (UTC).