FROM BOER WAR TO TIMOR: WARFARE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.

From: Contemporary Review | Date: December 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Warfare in the 20th century is discussed, with a focus on five main characteristics, including guerrilla warfare, Increasing military power, the role of mass media, the value of war, and the search for peace.

THE century that is ending has been dominated by war. This article examines five features of warfare this century: guerrilla warfare, the increase in military power, the role of the mass media, scepticism about the effectiveness of war as an instrument of national policy, and the long search for peace.

Guerrilla Warfare

The century ended much as it began, with guerrilla ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Beyond terrorism to guerrilla warfare.(Commentary)
; ...on civilization, by its real name: guerrilla warfare. The best definition of guerrilla warfare (a.k.a. terrorism) is by the French...Communist China during the 1950s: Guerrilla warfare is not merely one aspect of the art...
East Timor militias accuse U.N. of rigging vote for independence Armed members roam streets, set up roadblocks
; ...militiamen roamed the streets and villages of East Timor on Tuesday, accusing the United Nations...weapons, they set up roadblocks across East Timor's mountainous countryside, harassing U...pro-independence supporters from leaving East Timor by plane, ship or road on Tuesday. ...
East Timor: Jakarta should negotiate openly, NATION
; ...obstinate on the future status of East Timor, more violence erupts in the troubled...territory, reports Jon Greenaway. DILI, East Timor -- On Nov 25, the women of Dili marched around the capital of East Timor dressed in white distributing flowers...
Atrocities Are Bad for Business;Ending the Rape of East Timor Should Top the Agenda With Indonesia
; ...state visit after the APEC conference, East Timor will be high on the agenda. Clinton has...occupation of the former Portuguese colony of East Timor is in the best interests of Indonesia...want to find a solution to the morass in East Timor. In 1991 the Indonesian government was...
Nobody to the rescue. (East Timor) (Asia)
; FOR nine days in 1975 East Timor was an independent state. The colonial...Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor), operated in the hills. But on new...Indonesian-appointed governor of East Timor, Mario Carrascalao, claimed that...
Jakarta Details Partial Autonomy for East Timor
; ...Indonesia withdrew nearly 400 troops from East Timor as a goodwill gesture Tuesday, the country...a final solution,'' to the problem of East Timor. The territory, which has a population...complete internal self-government'' for East Timor within Indonesia, he appeared to rule...
Independence Day for East Timor?
; comment The courageous people of East Timor emerging from almost a quarter...this sum is miniscule. But for East Timor; it could represent the difference...life and debt." The people of East Timor have paid a horrific price for...
FED: Downer offers help to East Timor, lobbies for more aid
; ...02-19-1999 FED: Downer offers help to East Timor, lobbies for more aid CANBERRA, Feb 19...Downer has pledged Australia's help to East Timor regardless of whether it chooses independence...Howard's opposition to full independence for East Timor on the grounds that it would be costly...
Violence erupts in East Timor in wake of independence vote Armed militia members roam streets; teen killed
; ...roaming streets and villages in East Timor, gunshots rang out through...weapons set up roadblocks across East Timor's mountainous countryside and...pro-independence supporters from leaving East Timor by plane, ship or road on Tuesday...political elite cannot leave East ...
Getting ready for statehood; East Timor.(East Timor's election)(Brief Article)
; ...president THE first presidential election in East Timor, on April 14th, is turning into quite...resistance comrades who now dominate East Timor's fledgling parliament. With UN administrators...parliament is justone of the teething pains East Timor is experiencing as independence ...