There's a very popular conception in the American zeitgeist of the victory of determined and cunning citizen militia over a professional army, using the tactics of native warriors, firing their Kentucky rifles from behind rocks and trees at British soldiers marching stoically in red coats. It fits in with other myths about American self-reliance, Of course, the reality is far more complex, and almost every historian acknowledges that. Still, the idea persists in many segments of American society with Star Wars having the plucky rebels beating the Empire and more overly Red Dawn depicting rural teenagers successfully fighting off professional military forces. So given how irregular militias are often romanticized. Has this cultural belief ever shaped actual military doctrine or influenced how the US approached the Cold War?