The Science of Resistance - Paperbackby Aris Project (Author), Conflict Research Group (Prepared by), C. Brown (Editor) The modern use of the word resistance was first based on the domestic insurgent movements of Europe against Axis occupying powers in World War Two, especially the French Resistance. The conception of resistance as a domestic effort against an encroaching foreign force had a lasting impact on definitions of the term throughout the US military as communist regimes were