Insurgencies and Cancer Research: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Abstract

In the last decades there was a significant shift in how war should be waged and warfare conducted. The importance of knowledge of non-article 5 crisis response operations and counterinsurgency operations increased. In this study the authors depart from David Galula’s thoughts, who is a prominent classsic of the mainstream reference literature, and examine to what extent are the dynamics of insurgency and the development of cancer similar. Since in both cases the process is protracted and of differing intensity, the examination provides a better understanding of certain characteristics of insurgencies and a more accentuated examination. The authors conclude that there is much similarity for both are the result of similar processes found on various levels.