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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... military operations ; the latter include all armed rebellions against foreign government rule or military occupation . The key military characteristic of insurgent wars is the clash between regular government forces and irregular ...
... military operations ; the latter include all armed rebellions against foreign government rule or military occupation . The key military characteristic of insurgent wars is the clash between regular government forces and irregular ...
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... military operations based on insurgent transition from the weaker to the stronger side entail predominately conventional mobile and positional military operations supported by guerrilla warfare. The outcomes of both the Chinese civil war ...
... military operations based on insurgent transition from the weaker to the stronger side entail predominately conventional mobile and positional military operations supported by guerrilla warfare. The outcomes of both the Chinese civil war ...
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... war strategy, and an inability to isolate insurgent forces from external support. In the theater of operations they either lack popular support to begin with (e.g., the Israelis in the West Bank) or they lose it through military excess ...
... war strategy, and an inability to isolate insurgent forces from external support. In the theater of operations they either lack popular support to begin with (e.g., the Israelis in the West Bank) or they lose it through military excess ...
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... military resources of the external power is simply not politically possible ... operations . Because the struggle is a limited war for the stronger side and ... operations in a much larger war between European powers . For the American ...
... military resources of the external power is simply not politically possible ... operations . Because the struggle is a limited war for the stronger side and ... operations in a much larger war between European powers . For the American ...
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... operations from superior strength - final - phase , conventional military operations . It is perhaps no coincidence that Mack's analysis makes no reference to examples of metropolitan - government military and political defeats of ...
... operations from superior strength - final - phase , conventional military operations . It is perhaps no coincidence that Mack's analysis makes no reference to examples of metropolitan - government military and political defeats of ...
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