The virtual dimension of contemporary insurgency and counterinsurgency

Small Wars and Insurgencies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 510-540

  Betz, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classic insurgency; Cultural eschatological narrative; Global insurgency; Grand strategic perspective; Kinetic force; Narrative coherence; Strategic narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 85055374057     PISSN: 09592318     EISSN: 17439558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09592310802462273     Document Type: Article

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