Review on Emerging Warfare Through Official Military Documents (Study on Hybrid and Unconventional Warfare in United State, NATO, UK, and French)

Document Type : Original Article

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Master of Media Management, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

       Many differences exist between what is written in the books and articles of thinkers and researchers about war and warfare and what is in the official documents with legal and executive guarantees that will be accepted and implemented by the institutions and signed by high-ranking military-political officials of a country. This study examines the 36 official documents available from the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and the NATO Alliance, to answer four general questions about, the definition of which one of existing warfare? With what dimensions and themes? With what similarities and differences? With what attitudes? in their doctrines, field manuals, strategy documents, and official texts are used. This research has been conducted with the library method (qualitative) by using Computer software for breaking and recombining the structure of official texts into simpler and understandable patterns. Findings indicated that there is no difference between unconventional and hybrid forms of warfare, latent political abuse of this different naming, and the use of hybrid warfare as an illegitimate method of others (enemies), and the enmity depiction of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a hybrid warrior.

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Defense Policy
Volume 30, Issue 114 - Serial Number 114
Spring Quarterly
June 2021
Pages 93-129

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  • Receive Date: 26 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 18 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 18 September 2021

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