Unconventional warfare philosophers |
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| Authors: | Robert J. Bunker |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Fellow of the Institute of Land Warfare , Association of the US Army;2. Adjunct professor, National Security Studies program , California State University , San Bernadino |
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| Abstract: | The philosophies of unconventional warfare philosophers can be divided into four schools. The classicists, or early school, represented by Sun Tzu and his ‘indirect approach’, have existed for thousands of years. Marxist‐Leninist revolutionaries gave new emphasis to unconventional warfare as a vehicle for revolution. The theories of these philosophers of the middle school were opposed by those of counterrevolutionaries. With the end of the Cold War, a new strategic environment is emerging, giving rise to new school philosophers reacting to that challenge. They include both those who seek to undermine the nation‐state and those, who, like the earlier counter‐revolutionaries, seek to defend and promote its interests. |
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