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One aspect of unconventional warfare is related to the military tactic used is the guerilla war. It is warfare without frontlines (Goldstein and Pevehouse, 2012: 166). The purpose is not to directly confront an enemy army, but rather to harass and punish it so as to gradually limit its operation and effectively liberate territory from its control. Rebels in most civil wars use such methods. One of the best examples of guerilla warfare can be found in the Vietnam War. The US army in the Vietnam War had fought against Vietcong guerillas (1964-1973) and it had dramatic consequences, because such warfare is the most painful for civilians. In a guerilla war, guerillas hide themselves in the midst of civilians and for a conventional army it is quite impossible to distinguish guerillas from civilians. As a result, conventional armies often prefer to punish both, to illustrate, this was experienced in the Vietnam War.