{"product_id":"the-science-of-resistance-9781925907322","title":"The Science of Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe modern use of the word \u003cem\u003eresistance\u003c\/em\u003e was first based on the domestic insurgent movements of Europe against Axis occupying powers in World War Two, especially the French Resistance. The conception of resistance as a domestic effort against an encroaching foreign force had a lasting impact on definitions of the term throughout the US military as communist regimes were understood as politically executed occupations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the original 1963 publication of the seminal \u003cem\u003eUndergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary, and Resistance Warfare \u003c\/em\u003e(also republished in its entirety by Conflict Research Group in 2024), the Special Operations Research Office (SORO) cited a 1949 text, defining resistance as distinct from revolutions and insurgencies: \u003cem\u003e\"operations directed against an enemy, behind his lines, by discontented elements among the enemy or enemy occupied population.\"\u003c\/em\u003e This conception of resistance as inherently insurgent in nature remains influential. The 2012 \u003cem\u003eGuide to the Analysis of Insurgency\u003c\/em\u003e (also republished by Conflict Research Group in 2024) defines resistance as a type of insurgency (distinct from revolutionary, separatist, and other variants) that \u003cem\u003e\"seek[s] to compel an occupying power to withdraw from a given territory.\"\u003c\/em\u003e The definitions rely on describing resistance as corollary of interstate war and as a product resulting from armed violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternatively, there has also been a broadening strain of thought on the nature of resistance in two regards: first, that resistance does not need to be against a foreign occupier, and second, that it does not need to be carried out through the predominant use of violent tactics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResistance is a science and \u003cem\u003eThe Science of Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e demystifies that science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Conflict Research Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919486980370,"sku":"9781925907322","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d19f5ac-573d-4745-acef-0a2dcad5c8d8.jpg?v=1738896012","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-science-of-resistance-9781925907322","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}