Fourth Generation Warfare: Another Look

Fourth Generation warfare : Another LookWilliam S. Lind, Maj John F. Schmitt, and Col Gary I. Wilson Marine Corps Gazette December 1994, Pages 34-37 Events of the past 5 years have not greatly altered the views of the ' Fourth generationists.' They continue to believe that nontrinitarian, cultural conflict, outside the nation-state framework, will be the dominant form of war. In 1989, we offered some thoughts about where the art of war might be going. We suggested that modern war might be on the verge of a " Fourth Generation ," a successor to "third Generation " maneuver warfare . Interestingly, it was only this year 5 years after the original article that the first serious commentaries were published in the September issue of the Marine Corps Gazette. LtCol Thomas X. Hammes' article was particularly thoughtful. It offered a deepened historical perspective on the evolution of the Fourth Generation . We agree with his statement, "The Fourth Generation has arrived," and with his general characterization of its tactical and strategic aspect (though, as we will discuss below, we would go much further with regard to the latter).

Fourth Generation Warfare: Another Look William S. Lind, Maj John F. Schmitt, and Col Gary I. Wilson Marine Corps Gazette December 1994, Pages 34-37 Events of the past 5 years have not greatly altered the views of the 'fourth generationists.'

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