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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... decisive military victory arguably predetermined by crushing material superiority was Japan's defeat in the Pacific War of 1941–45. In attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese entered a war with an enemy that dwarfed Japan in financial ...
... decisive military victory arguably predetermined by crushing material superiority was Japan's defeat in the Pacific War of 1941–45. In attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese entered a war with an enemy that dwarfed Japan in financial ...
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... were discredited. The only possibility for decisive victory for the United States lay in the complete obliteration of North Vietnam, an alternative unthinkably barbaric, unimaginably dangerous and pointless. Hanoi bent but never.
... were discredited. The only possibility for decisive victory for the United States lay in the complete obliteration of North Vietnam, an alternative unthinkably barbaric, unimaginably dangerous and pointless. Hanoi bent but never.
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... decisive victory; it was but a preparatory stage to gaining the ability to conduct operations from superior strength—final-phase, conventional military operations. It is perhaps no coincidence that Mack's analysis makes no reference to ...
... decisive victory; it was but a preparatory stage to gaining the ability to conduct operations from superior strength—final-phase, conventional military operations. It is perhaps no coincidence that Mack's analysis makes no reference to ...
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... decisively won the Vietnam War in 1965 or 1966, the Johnson administration's prewar claim that America had critical interests in preserving an independent non-Communist South Vietnam would likely have escaped convincing challenge ...
... decisively won the Vietnam War in 1965 or 1966, the Johnson administration's prewar claim that America had critical interests in preserving an independent non-Communist South Vietnam would likely have escaped convincing challenge ...
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... decisive victory over the stronger enemy, the weaker side must employ protraction of hostilities as its main weapon against the weakerwilled. And it certainly helps if, characteristically, the stronger side is overconfident. In ...
... decisive victory over the stronger enemy, the weaker side must employ protraction of hostilities as its main weapon against the weakerwilled. And it certainly helps if, characteristically, the stronger side is overconfident. In ...
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Vietnam Perspectives | |
War Without Politics | |
Search and Destroy | |
6Conclusion | |
Notes | |
Glossary | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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