ABSTRACT Most counterinsurgency campaigns have featured the use of some form of local defense forces. Such forces have had a somewhat mixed record, both in their usefulness in actually countering insurgents and in their longer-term impact on internal security. This article focuses on historical cases that provide lessons for the best operational and strategic uses of local defense forces and measures to control their activities.

中文翻译：

---

分担负担：在叛乱中支持当地武装团体的因素

摘要 大多数反叛乱运动的特点是使用某种形式的地方国防军。这些部队在实际打击叛乱分子方面的用处和对内部安全的长期影响方面的记录多少有些好坏参半。本文重点介绍历史案例，这些案例为当地国防力量的最佳作战和战略使用以及控制其活动的措施提供了经验教训。