![]() Irregular war-defined as warfare generally understood as non-conventional in nature and that utilizes tactics, methods, and strategies not normally associated with the “accepted,” traditional manner of warfare at the time-has been around since the first ancient wars of the Middle East. It is a topic that has, until recently, been understudied and yet possesses immense practical significance for contemporary civilian and military leaders around the world. Irregular warfare in the American Civil War is one of those “slippery” topics: it is a subject difficult to research due to the scattered and fragmented nature of the source material, the unsavory realities of barbarism and atrocity that lurk beneath the historical analysis, and the politically- and emotionally-charged potentialities of truly understanding why and how it happened. ![]() We Had to Burn Out the Entire County: Irregular Warfare in the American Civil War and its Modern Implications ![]()
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