guerrilla warfare

Attributed classification

Record classification as a claim made under a stated definition, including disagreement.

1. Which reference work, scholar, institution, or participant supplies the definition being applied? provenance
2. What observable conditions does that definition require for an episode to count as guerrilla warfare? definition

Mode versus movement

Assess the mode of fighting separately from the movement's identity, goals, and other activities.

1. Does the evidence describe a sustained mode of armed conflict or only an isolated irregular attack? boundary
2. Which claims concern insurgency or terrorism and therefore require separate criteria rather than inheritance from the guerrilla label? boundary

Bounded actor attribution

Record which formation acted and what evidence connects it to a wider command.

1. Which formation is documented as responsible for the episode, and how is that attribution supported? provenance
2. Does evidence establish shared command, loose affiliation, or merely a shared name? boundary

Claims and dependencies

Keep declared aims, demonstrated relationships, and inferred dependence separate.

1. What political aims and constituencies does the force claim, and who disputes those claims? provenance
2. What evidence distinguishes external assistance from external direction or control? boundary

Episode-level mode

Record evidence for guerrilla, conventional, or mixed activity within a defined interval.

1. Across the assessment period, what evidence supports dispersed armed activity and intermittent engagements as a recurring pattern? measurement
2. Which episodes contradict a predominantly guerrilla classification or indicate a mixed mode? boundary

Territorial claim qualification

Qualify territorial claims by their meaning, duration, and evidential basis.

1. Does a reported territorial claim mean armed presence, influence, administration, or sustained control? definition
2. For which places and periods is that relationship documented, and where do accounts conflict? measurement

Differentiated civilian relationships

Record how relationships vary between communities and over time, including limits on meaningful choice.

1. What evidence distinguishes voluntary support from coerced compliance, pragmatic accommodation, or inability to leave? boundary
2. Whose testimony supports claims about recruitment, resource demands, dispute resolution, or resistance? provenance

Harm with qualified attribution

Record civilian impacts and relevant assessments without deriving legal status from the guerrilla label.

1. What civilian harms are documented, with what counting methods, uncertainty, and attribution to specific actors? measurement
2. Which competent sources assess the applicable legal framework and particular conduct, and what remains unresolved? provenance
3. What humanitarian review or protective response is warranted by the documented impacts? action

Time-bounded transition

Treat transition and termination as claims requiring criteria and a specified observation period.

1. What evidence indicates conventionalisation, fragmentation, demobilisation, or cessation rather than a temporary reduction in reported activity? boundary
2. Whose objectives define the claimed outcome, and how do political results differ from military and civilian consequences? measurement

Claim-level evidence

Attach evidential qualifications to individual claims rather than assigning blanket credibility to a narrative.

1. Which accounts are independent, which repeat a common source, and which reflect participant claims? provenance
2. What missing or contradictory evidence would change the classification, responsibility assessment, or claimed outcome? action

Check these first

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1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of guerrilla warfare this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Kinds and varieties

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1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of guerrilla warfare this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

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1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of guerrilla warfare this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Typical measurements

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1. Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of guerrilla warfare this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

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1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of guerrilla warfare this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

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1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of guerrilla warfare this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

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1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of guerrilla warfare this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance