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unconventional warfare

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unconventional warfare [¦ən·kən′ven·chən·əl ′wȯr‚fer]
(ordnance)
A type of warfare that includes the interrelated fields of guerrilla warfare, evasion and escape, and subversion, in which operations are conducted within enemy or enemy-controlled territory by predominantly indigenous personnel, usually supported and directed in varying degrees by an external source.


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What appeared to be a masterpiece of military innovation and unconventional warfare, or UW, in the infancy of OEF is now more accurately described as a "hyperconventional" operation of attrition warfare.
In the words of the document, the purpose of the meeting was for the "creation of an independent brigade for carrying out unconventional warfare in enemy territory.
99) represents the first full history of the Special Forces units of World War II and receives a dramatic narration by Ptrick Lawlor as it tells of their unconventional warfare, supporting the French Resistance in guerrilla stacks.
 
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