Since the current Ukrainian crisis began in February 2014, the reemergence of a belligerent Russia forced NATO members, along with several countries outside of the alliance to show great interest in the new concepts of warfare. They fear that the "Ukrainian pattern" might be the new way of armed conflict, for which none of them is prepared and it seems that some countries are ready to reconsider their understanding of defense. This book offers a possible alternative for those nations by suggesting the implementation of an irregular warfare based national defense strategy. Considering the...