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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... enemies. In wars both hot and cold, the United States has fared consistently well against such powerful enemies as Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and the Soviet Union, but the record against lesser foes is decidedly mixed. Though it ...
... enemies. In wars both hot and cold, the United States has fared consistently well against such powerful enemies as Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and the Soviet Union, but the record against lesser foes is decidedly mixed. Though it ...
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... enemy that dwarfed Japan in financial , industrial , and latent conventional military power ; it was also an enemy with an enormous superiority in war - related sciences and engineering capacity that doomed Japan to technological defeat ...
... enemy that dwarfed Japan in financial , industrial , and latent conventional military power ; it was also an enemy with an enormous superiority in war - related sciences and engineering capacity that doomed Japan to technological defeat ...
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... enemies. No less a terrorist mastermind than al Qaeda's Ayman al- Zawahiri was prompted in October 2005 to chastise Abu Musab al- Zarqawi for the Jordanian-born terrorist's unnecessary alienation of Iraqi Shia and international Muslim ...
... enemies. No less a terrorist mastermind than al Qaeda's Ayman al- Zawahiri was prompted in October 2005 to chastise Abu Musab al- Zarqawi for the Jordanian-born terrorist's unnecessary alienation of Iraqi Shia and international Muslim ...
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... enemies a major strategic advantage. The following chapter reviews the recent literature about why the strong lose. That literature has postulated strong-actor inferiority of political will, bad strategy, and type of government as ...
... enemies a major strategic advantage. The following chapter reviews the recent literature about why the strong lose. That literature has postulated strong-actor inferiority of political will, bad strategy, and type of government as ...
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... enemy , on the capacity of early twenty - first - century American democracy to sustain the war , and on the actual and potential role of foreign assistance in determining the war's outcome . To sharpen the analysis of prospects for ...
... enemy , on the capacity of early twenty - first - century American democracy to sustain the war , and on the actual and potential role of foreign assistance in determining the war's outcome . To sharpen the analysis of prospects for ...
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