Archivo de la categoría 'Guerrilla Warfare'

May1

The Suicide and the Islamic Jihad II.

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The principal branches of the Islam and their ideology.

The Sunnism, which follow nowadays 90 % of the Muslims, also accepts as Allah´s revelation the tradition (the Sunna) of the Prophet. These are his facts and his commentaries or hadices. The major or minor rigor in the selection and acceptance of […]

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Publicado en: The radical Islam Military Theory Military History Central Asia Al-Qaida Guerrilla Warfare Counterinsurgency Operations Modern Warfare

Abr1

The Islamic Jihad and the Suicide.

The suicide is a favorite weapon of the Islamic Jihad. The suicide is for the Islamic Jihad a cheap, sufficiently abundant, effective and very asymmetric, technical and economically, weapon. The sophisticated enemy sensors are of little use against her. The protective jackets also are of little use. The armored vehicles and […]

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Publicado en: The radical Islam Military Theory Military History Central Asia Iraq Al-Qaida Crisis and Conflicts Guerrilla Warfare Modern Warfare Education


Mar1

THE CAPTURE OF BIN LADEN.

Introduction.

Bin Laden is the principal responsible for the attempts of September 11, 2001. And also probably those of March 11, 2004. But in a lax way, of ideological religious sponsorship. As he was in these dates, first sheltered in Afghanistan, and later hidden in its inaccessible and […]

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Publicado en: The radical Islam Military Theory Military History Central Asia Al-Qaida Strategy Crisis and Conflicts Guerrilla Warfare Counterinsurgency Operations Modern Warfare Operational Strategy

Ene1

A Theory for the Modern Warfare

Her Historical Context
Her Theory and Evolution

Introduction.

The theory of the maneuver warfare tried to give a practical solution to the predisposition of the North American ground military forces of using exaggerated or inopportunely the heavy fire support. As their principal “argument” or action over the enemy, in the combats or in their […]

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Publicado en: Military Theory Strategy Crisis and Conflicts Guerrilla Warfare Counterinsurgency Operations Modern Warfare Operational Strategy


Jul1

Recommended Books on Guerrilla Warfare.

In this “blog” I present since a long time ago, a list of “recommended books on military theory “, that is very visited. I have to admit, as a deficiency, that in it I have not included any book on the guerrilla warfare. The actual, historical and social importance of the irregular war phenomenon is […]

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Publicado en: Military Theory Military History Maneuver Warfare Strategy Guerrilla Warfare Counterinsurgency Operations Modern Warfare Operational Strategy

Abr1

Real Che Guevara on Guerrilla Warfare

Introduction.
Ernesto Guevara and de la Serna, who signed as “Che” the Banco Nacional of Cuba money bills, was an educated, young, disciplined and methodical man. He was capable of analyzing the “military” path of the Cuban revolution from 1956 to 1958. And he extracted a few characteristics of how it developed this way and why […]

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Publicado en: Military Theory Military History Urban Guerrilla Warfare Politics Crisis and Conflicts Guerrilla Warfare Counterinsurgency Operations Modern Warfare


Ene13

The Hamas’ defense in the Gaza strip

It is not easy to manage and defend the repulsing urban zones. Its employment demands high requirements to the Hamas combatants:
An enough motivation, which encourages them to follow the armed way and risking their lives for its cause. That appeases and rationalizes them the inevitable fear for the fighting in the nearby distances with a […]

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Publicado en: The radical Islam Military Theory Military History Urban Guerrilla Warfare Crisis and Conflicts Guerrilla Warfare Modern Warfare Operational Strategy

Oct15

The Biological Warfare

ITS REAL POSSIBILITIES AS TERRORISTS’ USABLE WEAPON AND IN THE MODERN WARFARE. ITS INSTRUMENTS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
The biological warfare is the military use, as war weapon, of the living pathogenic, animal or plant organisms, and of the natural poisonous products, called toxins. Since the germs and the bacteria are used in it, it is also […]

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Publicado en: The radical Islam Military Theory Military History Al-Qaida Crisis and Conflicts Guerrilla Warfare Modern Warfare


Sep1

Military Operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

A Fourth Generation (asymmetrical, Guerrilla) War in Central Asia.  
How do Western and Pakistani Armies develop their military operations against the Taliban and al-Qaeda?  What is the idiosyncrasy of the 40 million Pasthuns who live in the territories infected by them? How is the Pashtunwali or honor’s code of their tribes? How can be better […]

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Publicado en: The radical Islam The Islam Military Theory Military History Central Asia Al-Qaida Politics Maneuver Warfare Strategy Crisis and Conflicts Guerrilla Warfare Counterinsurgency Operations Modern Warfare Operational Strategy

Abr20

THE BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

ITS REAL POSSIBILITIES AS TERRORISTS’ USABLE WEAPON AND IN THE MODERN WARFARE. ITS INSTRUMENTS AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
The biological warfare is the military use, as war weapon, of the living pathogenic, animal or plant organisms, and of the natural poisonous products, called toxins. Since the germs and the bacteria are used in it, it is also […]

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Publicado en: The radical Islam Military Theory Military History Urban Guerrilla Warfare Al-Qaida Guerrilla Warfare


Abr4

Suggested reading for professional armed forces

I offer a books´list on military theory, which reading will be very useful to you. And that I consider to be fundamental to know better the military topics and not simply to read a more or less repeated history.
I am including one of my book, fruit of my years of dedication to this topic, which content you […]

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Publicado en: Military Theory Military History Maneuver Warfare Strategy Guerrilla Warfare Modern Warfare Education

Oct5

Modern Asymmetrical Warfare.

Let’s see some examples of these irregular social-military conflicts :
Country and conflict nature.   Period.    Military and political result.
 
Greece, communist. 1946 to 1949. Suffocated.
Malaya, communist, tied to the Chinese etnia. 1947 to 1960. Suffocated.
French Indochina. 1946 to 1954. Creation of both republics of Vietnam.
The Philippines, communist. 1947 to 1952. Suffocated.
Kenya, nationalist. 1952 to 1959. Independence.
Algeria, nationalist. 1954 to 1962. Independence.
Cyprus, nationalist. 1955 to 1959. Independence.
South Vietnam. 1959 to 1975. Unification of the country under the aegis of North Vietnam. […]

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Publicado en: Military Theory Military History Guerrilla Warfare Counterinsurgency Operations Modern Warfare




 

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Enrique Alonso nació en La Habana. Tras el establecimiento del régimen comunista se trasladó a España, licenciándose en Ciencias Químicas en la Universidad de Oviedo.

Es titulado por la Universidad Complutense en Química y Tecnología del Petroleo (dos cursos) y en Logística por la Cámara de Comercio de Madrid (un curso). Ha realizado su labor profesional durante más de 30 años en REPSOL y empresas anteriores, absorbidas posteriormente. Su trabajo se centró en la investigación de lubricantes (Centro de Investigación de la calle Embajadores), el área comercial y la logística de lubricantes (unas 100 mil Tm. al año de productos a granel y envasados, con un presupuesto total de unos 1000 millones de ptas).

Ha sido colaborador en la década de los 80, del diario Pueblo y, a través de la agencia EFE, de diversos diarios españoles e hispanoamericanos en temas de política internacional y militares.

Es autor de la novela “Operación Elefante”, publicada en 1982, que trata minuciosa y extensamente de las operaciones y tácticas de las guerrillas y contraguerrillas en la Angola socialista prosoviética de Agostinho Neto, apoyada desde 1975 por tropas cubanas. 

En 2005 publicó en inglés el ensayo “On the Nature of War”, que es una teoría de la guerra basada en el desarrollo y la aplicación práctica de 10 “sistemas operativos”.

Actualmente es colaborador permanente de la revista española War Heat International.

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