Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaConsiderations about Asymmetric War through History
Asymmetric war has turned into an expression with good reception and great popularity to refer to the "new" wars of the 21st century. However, its definition presents some controversy. On one hand, its characterization is not easy because asymmetric war combines irregular tolls...
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Asymmetric war has turned into an expression with good reception and great popularity to refer to the "new" wars of the 21st century. However, its definition presents some controversy. On one hand, its characterization is not easy because asymmetric war combines irregular tolls of fight and also, with restrictions, conventional ones. On the other hand, from a historical approach it is also difficult to detail what its alleged original character consists of. This article will address both subjects in order to review the main contributions made until now and to feature some distinctive characters of this kind of conflict. |
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| spelling | urvio-article-35222021-07-13T03:39:07Z Considerations about Asymmetric War through History Reflexiones sobre la guerra asimétrica a través de la historia Reflexões sobre guerra assimétrica ao longo da história Bajo, María Gajate Contra-insurgência guerra assimétrica, guerras de quarta geração, guerrilha; terrorismo contrainsurgencia; guerra asimétrica; guerras de cuarta generación; guerrilla; terrorismo Counterinsurgency; asymmetric warfare; fourth wave wars; guerrilla; terrorism Asymmetric war has turned into an expression with good reception and great popularity to refer to the "new" wars of the 21st century. However, its definition presents some controversy. On one hand, its characterization is not easy because asymmetric war combines irregular tolls of fight and also, with restrictions, conventional ones. On the other hand, from a historical approach it is also difficult to detail what its alleged original character consists of. This article will address both subjects in order to review the main contributions made until now and to feature some distinctive characters of this kind of conflict. La guerra asimétrica se ha convertido en una expresión con buena acogida y gran popularidad para referirse a las “nuevas” guerras del siglo XXI. Sin embargo, su definición plantea algunas controversias. Por un lado, no es fácil caracterizarla, pues en la guerra asimétrica se conjugan medios irregulares de lucha y también, con limitaciones, algunos instrumentos convencionales. Por otro lado, tampoco es sencillo detallar su presunto carácter novedoso, desde un enfoque histórico. El presente artículo aborda ambas cuestiones con el objetivo de revisar las principales aportaciones hasta la fecha e intentar delinear algunos rasgos distintivos de esta modalidad de conflicto. Abstract Asymmetric war has turned into an expression with good reception and great popularity to refer to the "new" wars of the 21st century. However, its definition presents some controversy. On one hand, its characterization is not easy because asymmetric war combines irregular tolls of fight and also, with restrictions, conventional ones. On the other hand, from a historical approach it is also difficult to detail what its alleged original character consists of. This article will address both subjects in order to review the main contributions made until now and to feature some distinctive characters of this kind of conflict. A guerra assimétrica se tornou uma expressão com boa recepção, capaz de adquirir grande popularidade para se referir às "novas" guerras do século XXI. No entanto, sua definição gera algumas controvérsias. Por um lado, não é fácil caracterizá-lo, porque na guerra assimétrica existem meios irregulares de luta e também, com limitações, alguns instrumentos convencionais. Por outro lado, não é fácil detalhar seu caráter novelístico presumido de uma perspectiva histórica. Ambas questões serão abordadas neste artigo, a fim de rever as principais contribuições a data e tentar avançar algumas características distintivas deste tipo de conflito. FLACSO - Sede Ecuador 2019-05-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3522 10.17141/urvio.24.2019.3522 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; No. 24 (2019): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (Junio-noviembre); 204-220 URVIO. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad; Núm. 24 (2019): Urvio. Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad (Junio-noviembre); 204-220 1390-4299 1390-3691 10.17141/urvio.24.2019 spa https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3522/2632 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3522/2644 https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3522/2657 Derechos de autor 2019 URVIO - Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad |
| spellingShingle | Bajo, María Gajate Considerations about Asymmetric War through History |
| title | Considerations about Asymmetric War through History |
| title_full | Considerations about Asymmetric War through History |
| title_fullStr | Considerations about Asymmetric War through History |
| title_full_unstemmed | Considerations about Asymmetric War through History |
| title_short | Considerations about Asymmetric War through History |
| title_sort | considerations about asymmetric war through history |
| url | https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/urvio/article/view/3522 |