Philip Gordon writes, вЂњVictory will come only when Washington succeeds in discrediting the terroristsвЂ™ ideology and undermining their support. The continued fluid nature of these conflicts as well as the lack of understanding by many in the United States has led our forces to be mired in endless and mostly fruitless attempts to police a population that is tired of war and of us.

The use of guerrilla tactics and localized nature of the fighters have made it difficult to truly вЂњwinвЂќ any of these conflicts. It should be noted that even with no air ability current insurgencies and вЂњterrorist actionsвЂќ in the Middle East as well as Eastern and Northern Africa we have seen insurgencies continue to grow.

Air superiority has in many instances been the deciding factor when it comes to conflicts since the advent of aircraft as a military asset. Though Russia and China both have significantly more tanks than the United States, superiority is maintained by virtue of the manned and unmanned air ability held by the United States military. military exists the largest most advanced air force, naval forces, and ground-based technical options. The United States, as of 2018, has a standing combined military force numbering 1,119,003 individuals. Historically rebellions of any type include belligerents or insurgents fighting against a more powerful foe. Since the focus of this essay is the United States of America as a nation and the efficacy of insurgency against it, we will focus instead on the various incidents that have occurred after the Revolutionary War that birthed this nation. From that time to the present-day, thousands of rebellions, insurgencies, and revolutions have taken place in every corner of the world against every form of government that has existed. (Newberry, 1922) At this time there is not much known about it, though there were major famines at the time which may have helped increase the potential for rebellion. One of the first recorded rebellions occurred around 2700 B.C., it is known as The Seth rebellion of the 2nd Dynasty, in Ancient Egypt. Additionally, we will address the efficacy of insurgency in the United States of America, specifically modern insurgency. While this essay will not address every recorded rebellion, we will establish a timeline using significant rebellions or insurgent activity until current times. For the purposes of this essay, we will be looking at many different conflicts, some fall within this definition and others do not. Where there is rule of law an insurgency is simply an act of rebellion against the current lawful authority. вЂњInsurgencyвЂќ as a word is relatively new in application. The footnotes can be found at the end of Part 3. EditorвЂ™s Introductory Note: Because of its length, the following essay will be presented in three parts.

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