Bury Cold War Mindset: Fourth Generation Warfare Rewrites Military Strategy
Article by Jack Shanahan, Chet Richards and Franklin Spinney, 2002. Describes fourth-generation warfare that pits nations against non-national organizations or networks that includ…
Changing the Paradigm of the War
A paper about the nature of fourth generation warfare and the form it may take in Middle East. By Steve Daskal, November 2003.
Fourth Generation Warfare
Slide show that summarizes the key aspects of asymmetric conflicts, by Greg Wilcox and G.I. Wilson for Boyd Comference, 2002.
Fourth Generation Warfare and the Information Arrow
States the importance the information in the new way of fighting wars. By Greg Wilcox, July 2005.
Fourth Generation Warfare Is Here!
Harold A. Gould and Franklin C. Spinney review the changes after September 11th attacks. University of Virginia, USA, Fall, 2001.
Fourth Generation Warfare: How Tactics of the Weak Confound the Strong
Postulates that today's global environment is defined by the 4th Generation War reality, with nation-states confronting criminal enterprises, fanatical opportunists, and terrorists…
From The Military: Applying 4GW Theory to The Intelligence Community
The article states that the intelligence community is key to the 4th generation warfare, so it's important that they understand what they're looking for. By Myke Cole.
Global Guerrillas: 4GW -- Fourth Generation Warfare
An overview of the key concepts by John Robb, May 2004.
Homeland Security: The New Role for Defense
Shows the change of US strategic vision of national and global security after September 11 attacks, by Steven J. Tomisek. Strategic Forum No.189, February 2002.
Information Warfare
Articles about information warfare, nanowar, and other future conflict scenarios from Plausible Futures Newsletter.
Past and Future of Nuclear War
Transcript of a talk given at American University, April 2002, with edits.
The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation
An article that intends to anticipate what the future conflicts will be like. Introduces the concept of fourth generation war. By William S. Lind, Keith Nightengale, John F. Schmit…
The Dangers of Warfare in a Media Age
The author alerts about the dangers of the contemporary media age, in which events across the world are instantly brought before vast international audiences, for example, that tom…
Toward the 21st Century: Trends in Post-Cold War International Security
Addresses key changes since the Cold War ended, lessons, current problems and issues. Commissioned by the Swiss Ministry of Defense, 1998.
War Paradigm
A look into the fundamental changes happening in warfare and how they may, in turn, effect the world system. By Will Waddell, June 2004.
Will Special Ops Success Change the Face of War?
The role of U.S. special operations forces in future conflicts explained by a number of specialists. Author: Harold Kennedy, National Defense Magazine, Feb 2002.
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