Editing Asymmetric warfare (section)

=====Cold War examples of proxy wars=====
{{see also|Proxy war}}

In Southeast Asia, specifically Vietnam, the [[Viet Minh]], [[Viet Cong|NLF]] and other insurgencies engaged in asymmetrical guerrilla warfare with [[French Fourth Republic|France]]. The war between the [[Afghan mujahideen|Mujahideen]] and the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] during the [[Soviet–Afghan War]] of 1979 to 1989, though claimed as a source of the term "asymmetric warfare,"<ref>Chris Bray, ''The Media and GI Joe'', in ''Reason'' (Feb 2002)</ref> occurred years after Mack wrote of "asymmetric conflict." (Note that the term "asymmetric warfare" became well-known in the West only in the 1990s.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary</ref>) The aid given by the [[Operation Cyclone|U.S.]] to the Mujahideen during the war was only covert at the tactical level; the [[Reagan Administration]] told the world that it was helping the "freedom-loving people of Afghanistan." Many countries, including the U.S., participated in this proxy war against the USSR during the [[Cold War]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Scheuer |first=Michael |title=[[Imperial Hubris|Imperial Hubris - Why the West is Losing the War on Terrorism]] |publisher=Brassey's |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-57488-849-2 |location=Washington, D.C. |chapter=2 |author-link=Michael Scheuer}}</ref>