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What is traditional warfare?

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'Traditional' warfare is also known as 'fighting the "last" war'. In spite of all notions of progress, most well-funded 'defence' departments are most likely to prepare for what they think they 'know', that is, the 'last' war.

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Guerrilla warfare was implemented by the colonists. This was used in the Revolutionary War because the colonists were losing under transitional war strategies.

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