Book/Printed Material Venezuela as an exporter of 4th generation warfare instability Venezuela as an exporter of fourth generation warfare instability
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Title
- Venezuela as an exporter of 4th generation warfare instability
Other Title
- Venezuela as an exporter of fourth generation warfare instability
Summary
- Almost no one seems to understand the Marxist-Leninist foundations of Hugo Chavez's political thought. It becomes evident, however, in the general vision of his "Bolivarian Revolution." The abbreviated concept is to destroy the old foreign-dominated (U.S. dominated) political and economic systems in the Americas, to take power, and to create a socialist, nationalistic, and "popular" (direct) democracy in Venezuela that would sooner or later extend throughout the Western Hemisphere. Despite the fact that the notion of the use of force (compulsion) is never completely separated from the Leninist concept of destroying any bourgeois opposition, Chavez's revolutionary vision will not be achieved through a conventional military war of maneuver and attrition, or a traditional insurgency. According to Lenin and Chavez, a "new society" will only be created by a gradual, systematic, compulsory application of agitation and propaganda (i.e., agit-prop). That long-term effort is aimed at exporting instability and generating public opinion in favor of a "revolution" and against the bourgeois system. Thus, the contemporary asymmetric revolutionary warfare challenge is rooted in the concept that the North American (U.S.) "Empire" and its bourgeois political friends in Latin America are not doing what is right for the people, and that the socialist Bolivarian philosophy and leadership will. This may not be a traditional national security problem for the United States and other targeted countries, and it may not be perceived to be as lethal as conventional conflict, but that does not diminish the cruel reality of compulsion.
Names
- Manwaring, Max G.
- Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Created / Published
- Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2012.
Contents
- Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian vision and how to achieve it -- Key components of the Chavez strategic-level asymmetric warfare -- The paramilitary operational model -- Implications and recommendations.
Headings
- - Chávez Frías, Hugo--Political and social views
- - Asymmetric warfare--Venezuela
- - Paramilitary forces--Venezuela
- - Political stability--Venezuela
- - Propaganda--Venezuela
- - Venezuela--Foreign relations--21st century
- - Venezuela--Military policy
- - Venezuela--Politics and government--21st century
Notes
- - "December 2012."
- - Format not distributed to depository libraries.
- - Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-46).
- - Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
Medium
- 1 electronic resource (xi, 46 pages)
Call Number/Physical Location
- U413.A66
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2023692791
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