counterguerrilla love

counterguerrilla

Definitions

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  • adjective Opposed to guerrillas and their warfare.

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ guerrilla

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Examples

  • Donovan organized an intelligence unit in the army and the Green Berets he scouted at Fort Bragg arrived to train Thai soldiers in counterguerrilla tactics.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • The campaign would be held up by its supporters as a “model of counterguerrilla warfare” and by its detractors as one of the most harsh and cruel campaigns in American history.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • The campaign would be held up by its supporters as a “model of counterguerrilla warfare” and by its detractors as one of the most harsh and cruel campaigns in American history.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Donovan organized an intelligence unit in the army and the Green Berets he scouted at Fort Bragg arrived to train Thai soldiers in counterguerrilla tactics.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • It was not examined seriously at West Point or the Army War College, and the U.S. military jettisoned just about anything to do with counterinsurgency—all those counterguerrilla, “little-war” tactics and doctrines so romantically invoked during the Kennedy years.

    Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

  • I think they of course are looking for material support, especially for technical counterguerrilla programs.

    Understanding Security Force Assistance | ATTACKERMAN 2009

  • Several "conventional" wars have been fought over it, and "unconventional" guerrilla and counterguerrilla warfare has been in progress for decades, and it has more than once been the occasion for a short-fuse nuclear confrontation.

    Hobbes in the Himalayas 2005

  • Several "conventional" wars have been fought over it, and "unconventional" guerrilla and counterguerrilla warfare has been in progress for decades, and it has more than once been the occasion for a short-fuse nuclear confrontation.

    Hobbes in the Himalayas 2005

  • Several "conventional" wars have been fought over it, and "unconventional" guerrilla and counterguerrilla warfare has been in progress for decades, and it has more than once been the occasion for a short-fuse nuclear confrontation.

    Hobbes in the Himalayas 2005

  • But if Washington follows through on its recent pledge to use U.S. military aid to Colombia for counterguerrilla operations instead of restricting it to anti-drug ops, he stands a chance.

    Periscope 2007

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