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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... side's loss to the weaker, Andrew Mack, in his pioneering 1975 assessment, “Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict , " argued that the answer lay in differentials Explaining Goliath Defeats: Will, Strategy ...
... side's loss to the weaker, Andrew Mack, in his pioneering 1975 assessment, “Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict , " argued that the answer lay in differentials Explaining Goliath Defeats: Will, Strategy ...
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... side and fanned hostility to the South Vietnamese regime the Americans were fighting to save . Gen. William C ... side's strategy . He believed that the process of political attrition of the metropolitan power's capability to wage ...
... side and fanned hostility to the South Vietnamese regime the Americans were fighting to save . Gen. William C ... side's strategy . He believed that the process of political attrition of the metropolitan power's capability to wage ...
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... side's strategy choice as crucial to prospects for insurgent success. The metropolitan power could not be vanquished militarily, but it could be defeated politically. Wearing down the stronger side's weaker political will dictated a ...
... side's strategy choice as crucial to prospects for insurgent success. The metropolitan power could not be vanquished militarily, but it could be defeated politically. Wearing down the stronger side's weaker political will dictated a ...
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... side : " direct defense , " which entails " the use of armed forces to thwart the stronger side's attempt to capture or destroy values such as territory , population , and strategic resources , " and " guerrilla warfare " ( and its ...
... side : " direct defense , " which entails " the use of armed forces to thwart the stronger side's attempt to capture or destroy values such as territory , population , and strategic resources , " and " guerrilla warfare " ( and its ...
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... side, was a politically intolerable protraction of bloody and indecisive hostilities. Both Westmoreland and Vo Nguyen Giap pursued a strategy of military attrition aimed at breaking the other side's political will, and the Communists ...
... side, was a politically intolerable protraction of bloody and indecisive hostilities. Both Westmoreland and Vo Nguyen Giap pursued a strategy of military attrition aimed at breaking the other side's political will, and the Communists ...
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