Grasping at shadows: understanding great power use of grey zone and hybrid warfare approaches through historical analysis
| dc.contributor.author | Hunt, Christopher | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Charron, Andrea (Political Studies) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Linden, Rick (Sociology) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Fergusson, James | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-04T15:27:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-04T15:27:16Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2023-03-25 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-03-25 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2023-03-25T17:17:58Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Political Studies | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Renewed, multipolar great power competition, marked by operations beyond peace but short of war, challenges Western conceptions of a peace-war binary. Attempts to explain this challenge through concepts of grey zone conflict and hybrid warfare are the subject of debate as to both the historical reality and explanatory utility of these concepts. Missing from these debates is a serious examination of whether grey zone and hybrid warfare concepts can explain historically similar cases. This thesis presents three such cases, French revisionism from 1774-1783, Soviet Far East strategy from 1937-1941, and American anti-fascist strategy from 1936-1941, to examine and test the utility of these concepts. The grey zone and hybrid warfare were found to provide descriptive and explanatory utility for these cases. Case analysis provides suggestions for the use of these concepts and recommendations for modern strategists and analysts. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | May 2023 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/37248 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | grey zone | en_US |
| dc.subject | hybrid warfare | en_US |
| dc.subject | warfare | en_US |
| dc.subject | unconventional warfare | en_US |
| dc.subject | gray zone | en_US |
| dc.title | Grasping at shadows: understanding great power use of grey zone and hybrid warfare approaches through historical analysis | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | no | en_US |
| oaire.awardTitle | J.W. Dafoe Graduate Fellowship | en_US |
| project.funder.name | J.W. Dafoe Foundation | en_US |