Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies WinPotomac Books, Inc., 2011 - Всего страниц: 193 Beating Goliath examines the phenomenon of victories by the weak over the strong--more specifically, insurgencies that succeeded against great powers. Jeffrey Record reviews eleven insurgent wars from 1775 to the present and determines why the seemingly weaker side won. He concludes that external assistance correlates more consistently with insurgent success than any other explanation. He does not disparage the critical importance of will, strategy, and strong-side regime type or suggest that external assistance guarantees success. Indeed, in all cases, some combination of these factors is usually present. But Record finds few if any cases of unassisted insurgent victories except against the most decrepit regimes. Having identified the ingredients of insurgent success, Record examines the present insurgency in Iraq and whether the United States can win. In so doing, Record employs a comparative analysis of the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. He also identifies and assesses the influence of distinctive features of the American way of war on the U.S. forces' performance against the Iraqi insurgency. Make no mistake: insurgent victories are the exception, not the rule. But when David does beat Goliath, the consequences can be earth shattering and change the course of history. Jeffrey Record's persuasive logic and clear writing make this timely book a must read for scholars, policymakers, military strategists, and anyone interested in the Iraq War's outcome. |
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... effective strategic choices to block the Europeans' westward advance across North America in the nineteenth century. And while modern democracies have displayed greater difficulty than dictatorships in sustaining protracted wars against ...
... effective strategic choices to block the Europeans' westward advance across North America in the nineteenth century. And while modern democracies have displayed greater difficulty than dictatorships in sustaining protracted wars against ...
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... effectively controlled by the Communists). No other major belligerent in a twentieth-century war sustained such a high military death toll proportional to its population.16 (French military dead in World War I amounted to 3.4 percent of ...
... effectively controlled by the Communists). No other major belligerent in a twentieth-century war sustained such a high military death toll proportional to its population.16 (French military dead in World War I amounted to 3.4 percent of ...
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... effectiveness . They have failed to realize that where the external power has been forced to withdraw , it has been as a consequence of internal dissent . 22 Mack's postulation of a built - in asymmetry of interest and attendant ...
... effectiveness . They have failed to realize that where the external power has been forced to withdraw , it has been as a consequence of internal dissent . 22 Mack's postulation of a built - in asymmetry of interest and attendant ...
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... effective it is risky. Barbarism carries the possibility of domestic political discovery (and opposition) as well as external intervention. 35 Arreguin-Toft contends that the stronger side is most likely to lose when it attacks with a ...
... effective it is risky. Barbarism carries the possibility of domestic political discovery (and opposition) as well as external intervention. 35 Arreguin-Toft contends that the stronger side is most likely to lose when it attacks with a ...
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... a cost that the public is willing to pay if it thinks the initial decision to launch the war was correct , and if it thinks the United States will prevail.4 47 And is barbarism the only effective counterinsurgent strategy? It proved.
... a cost that the public is willing to pay if it thinks the initial decision to launch the war was correct , and if it thinks the United States will prevail.4 47 And is barbarism the only effective counterinsurgent strategy? It proved.
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