Considerations about Asymmetric War through History

  Asymmetric war has turned into an expression with good reception and great popularity to refer to the "new" wars of the 21st century. However, its definition presents some controversy. On one hand, its characterization is not easy because asymmetric war combines irregular tolls...

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Autor: Bajo, María Gajate
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista URVIO
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/3522
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3522
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Contra-insurgência guerra assimétrica, guerras de quarta geração, guerrilha; terrorismo
contrainsurgencia; guerra asimétrica; guerras de cuarta generación; guerrilla; terrorismo
Counterinsurgency; asymmetric warfare; fourth wave wars; guerrilla; terrorism
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Sumario:  Asymmetric war has turned into an expression with good reception and great popularity to refer to the "new" wars of the 21st century. However, its definition presents some controversy. On one hand, its characterization is not easy because asymmetric war combines irregular tolls of fight and also, with restrictions, conventional ones. On the other hand, from a historical approach it is also difficult to detail what its alleged original character consists of. This article will address both subjects in order to review the main contributions made until now and to feature some distinctive characters of this kind of conflict.