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I'm not sure about why Gourley is so startled by the fact that these different conflicts followed a similar pattern. Insurgencies, while caused for varying reas
by jakarta 17y ago
I'm not sure about why Gourley is so startled by the fact that these different conflicts followed a similar pattern. Insurgencies, while caused for varying reasons and fought by different actors still utilize very similar tactics and often contain similar goals.
It's why Mao's teachings were able to carry over into other guerrilla conflicts and why the US Army looked to situations like the British fighting in Malay and the French experiences in Indochina and Algeria to formulate the new counterinsurgency doctrine.
- _pius 17y agoI didn't come away with the impression that he was as "startled" as you've said. I think he was just playing this up to underscore the significance of it to the audience. It's an important contribution to creating a framework for computationally reasoning about these conflicts.