Leah Farrell and John Robb interacting with the subjects of their writing, while fascinating, is only one element of a complex process of strategic diffusion of ideas. Many jihadist theorists, for example, make implicit and explicit reference to the theory of fourth-generation warfare.
Additionally, the writers of the Chinese military tract Unrestricted Warfare regularly lecture on their work in the United States. UW's influence has been over-exaggerated somewhat in China, but it has been immensely popular in the West, especially due to its encapsulation of campaigning principles that some believe have become "orthodoxy" in modern military doctrine about "the war amongst the people."
Comments