{"id":1423,"date":"2006-05-01T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2006-05-01T23:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1423"},"modified":"2021-02-19T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:42:56","slug":"a-few-thoughts-on-the-evolution-of-infantry-past-present-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/a-few-thoughts-on-the-evolution-of-infantry-past-present-future\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Thoughts on the Evolution of Infantry: Past, Present, Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"varPubSum\">by Lutz Unterseher, Guest Publication, <em>Studiengruppe Alternative Sicherheitspolitik<\/em>, Berlin, Germany, May 2006.\u00a0 <\/span><a class=\"pdfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/0605unterseherinfantry.pdf\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF <\/a>\u00a0| <a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/0605unterseherinfantry.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">HTML\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<h5>\n<div class=\"pubPostType\"><span class=\"varPubSum\">Subduing resistance and guarding the peace in modern interventions requires high-quality infantry, but it is erroneous to think the job could be done by elite SOF forces because there can never be enough of these. 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