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https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/119629.pdf
US Government Counterinsurgency Guide - January 2009
Ideology
During the Twentieth Century, insurgents were often motivated by Marxism, religion or nationalism (or a combination of these). Insurgencies were often led by
university educated ‘intellectual elites’ whose personal circumstances were sometimes far removed from those of the rank-and-file insurgents that they inspired.
Modern insurgencies are often more complex matrices of irregular actors with
widely differing goals. At least some of the principal actors will be motivated by a
form of ideology (or at least will claim to be), but that ideology will not necessarily
extend across the whole insurgent network. Modern insurgencies are typified by the
points below.
• The charisma of insurgent leaders can sometimes be more imp
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