In 2005, Dr. Manwaring wrote a monograph entitled Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Bolivarian Socialism, and Asymmetric Warfare. It came at a time when the United States and Venezuela were accelerating a verbal sparing match regarding which country was destabilizing Latin America…
¿Habla español? Military Review translated this study to Spanish. View the translated study. The author answers questions regarding “Who is Hugo Chavez?” “How can the innumerable charges and countercharges between the Venezuelan and U.S. governments be interpreted?” “What are the…
Asymmetric guerrilla war—insurgencies, internal wars, and other small-scale contingencies (SSCs)—are the most pervasive and likely type of conflict in the post-Cold War era. It is almost certain that the United States will become involved directly or indirectly in some of…