guerrilla war

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This wasn’t “an argument between genteel parties in Congress,” William Hogeland writes in his history, The Whiskey Rebellion, “but…a guerrilla war on the country’s ragged margin, our first war for the American soul.”

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

For more than six years, there has been a guerrilla war in Cameroon between government forces and insurgents who want certain parts of the country to become an independent state.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

He graduated in 1952, then served three years in the military, mostly in Southeast Asia, where Britain’s colonial forces were fighting a guerrilla war in present-day Malaysia.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

As such, almost half of our genome is engaged in a constant guerrilla war with the other half as TEs seek to multiply, while our cells try to prevent them from spreading.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

Now let’s consider the form of the contest: blitzkrieg or guerrilla war?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond