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William S. Lind (born July 9, 1947) is an American conservative author, described as being aligned with paleoconservatism. [1] He is the author of many books and one of the first proponents of fourth-generation warfare (4GW) theory and is director of the American Conservative Center for Public Transportation. [ 2 ]
The term was first used in 1980 by a team of United States analysts, including William S. Lind, to describe warfare's return to a decentralized form. In terms of generational modern warfare , the fourth generation signifies the nation states ' loss of their near-monopoly on combat forces, returning to modes of conflict common in pre-modern times.
Fifth generation warfare has been described by Daniel Abbot as a war of "information and perception". [7] There is no widely agreed upon definition of fifth-generation warfare, [8] and it has been rejected by some scholars, including William S. Lind, who was one of the original theorists of fourth-generation warfare. [9]
Some military theorists such as William Lind and Colonel Thomas X. Hammes propose to overcome the shortcomings of maneuver warfare with the concept of what they call fourth generation warfare. For example, Lieutenant-Colonel S.P. Myers writes that "maneuver is more a philosophical approach to campaign design and execution than an arrangement of ...
William Lind may refer to: William S. Lind (born 1947), American conservative author; William Lind (orienteer) (born 1985), Swedish orienteering competitor
Paul Weyrich and William Lind were prominent figures of cultural conservatism in the United States; Weyrich had co-founded right-wing groups including the Free Congress Foundation, which he led. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Weyrich equated political correctness with Cultural Marxism in a speech to the Conservative Leadership Conference of the Civitas ...
In his 2009 book "The Next Conservatism" which he co-wrote with William Lind, Weyrich argued that conservatives "should be fighting to return to family structures of the 1950s" which is a goal that has been picked up by leaders after him. [18]
Fifth generation warfare has been described by Daniel Abbot as a war of "information and perception". [1] There is no widely agreed upon definition of fifth-generation warfare, [2] and it has been rejected by some scholars, including William S. Lind, who was one of the original theorists of fourth-generation warfare. [3]