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Definitions for Irregular Warfare
DODI 3000.7 IW Definition:
"A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for
legitimacy and influence over the relevant population(s)."
Found on page 14,
Glossary, of Department of Defense Directive No. 3000.07, August
28, 2014, incorporating Change 1, May 12, 2017. (PDF
on FAS.org website).
2018 NDAA Definition:
Congress defined Irregular Warfare as " . . . activities in
support of predetermined United States policy and military
objectives conducted by, with, and through regular forces,
irregular forces, groups, and individuals participating in
competition between state and non-state actors short of
traditional armed conflict."
Found on 131 STAT. 1642 (page 360),
Public Law 115-91, December 12, 2017, U.S. Congress.
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ91/pdf/PLAW-115publ91.pdf
Websites about Irregular
Warfare
Publications about Irregular Warfare (internal page)
Articles about Irregular Warfare
(internal page)
References for Irregular Warfare and Related Topics
Crafting Strategy for Irregular Warfare: A Framework for
Analysis and Action, by David H. Ecko and Thomas A. Marks,
National Defense University Press, Washington, D.C., September
2022, PDF, 107 pages.
https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/3163915/crafting-strategy-for-irregular-warfare-a-framework-for-analysis-and-action-2nd/
Summary of the Irregular Warfare Annex to the National Defense Strategy, Department of Defense, 2020, PDF, 12 pages.
https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/02/2002510472/-1/-1/0/Irregular-Warfare-Annex-to-the-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.PDF
Summary of the National Defense Strategy, Department of Defense, 2018, PDF, 14 pages.
https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf
DoD Directive Number 3000.07, Irregular Warfare (IW), August 28, 2014.
www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/300007p.pdf
Irregular Warfare Annotated Bilbiography, USASOC, June 2, 2011.
www.soc.mil/ARIS/13-01654%20ARIS%20IW%20Bibliography-small.pdf
Irregular Warfare: A Selected Bibliography, U.S. Army War College Library,
November 2009.
www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/IWnov09.pdf
Training Circular 7-100.3, Irregular Opposing Forces,
January
2014.
http://www.afghanwarnews.info/training/TC7-100-3IrregularOpposingForces.htm
Endnotes
See "Irregular warfare center to close Oct. 1",
Army Times, September 1, 2014.
www.armytimes.com/article/20140901/NEWS/309010015
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