Sub state Unconventional Warfare: Expanding United States Military Political Options
Journal: Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) Digital Library (US Army Combined Arms Center)
Year: 2016

Aggressive occupying powers that adopt characteristics and responsibilities of states currently abound throughout the world. Sub-state unconventional warfare is a viable policy option if strategic planners determine a potential to work with and through an indigenous underground, auxiliary, and guerrillas to coerce, disrupt, or overthrow occupying powers or non-state actors. Sub-state unconventional warfare must be scaled and tailored specifically to the operational environment, and when applied