Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies WinBeating 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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Though it easily polished off Slobodan Miloševic's Serbia and Saddam Hussein's
Iraq, the United States failed to defeat Vietnamese infantry in Indochina, terrorists
in Lebanon, and warlords in Somalia. In each case the American Goliath was ...
Though it easily polished off Slobodan Miloševic's Serbia and Saddam Hussein's
Iraq, the United States failed to defeat Vietnamese infantry in Indochina, terrorists
in Lebanon, and warlords in Somalia. In each case the American Goliath was ...
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That literature has postulated strong-actor inferiority of political will, bad strategy,
and type of government as explanations for defeat. Each of these explanations
sheds much light on the phenomenon of beaten Goliaths, but neither individually
...
That literature has postulated strong-actor inferiority of political will, bad strategy,
and type of government as explanations for defeat. Each of these explanations
sheds much light on the phenomenon of beaten Goliaths, but neither individually
...
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to—suggest the inevitability or even likelihood of U.S. defeat in Iraq; the
differences between the two wars, including the size and fighting power of the
enemy, greatly outnumber the similarities. Comparison nonetheless provides
important ...
to—suggest the inevitability or even likelihood of U.S. defeat in Iraq; the
differences between the two wars, including the size and fighting power of the
enemy, greatly outnumber the similarities. Comparison nonetheless provides
important ...
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1 Explaining Goliath Defeats: xplaining Goliath Defeats: xplaining Goliath
Defeats: xplaining Goliath Defeats: xplaining ... largely unexpected disintegration
of European colonial empires in Asia and Africa, France's violent defeat in
Indochina ...
1 Explaining Goliath Defeats: xplaining Goliath Defeats: xplaining Goliath
Defeats: xplaining Goliath Defeats: xplaining ... largely unexpected disintegration
of European colonial empires in Asia and Africa, France's violent defeat in
Indochina ...
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Hanoi bent but never broke because it preferred endless war to defeat;
Washington bent and finally did break because the public ... Surely, a Pentagon
that had defeated Germany and Japan and that had saved South Korea from the
Chinese ...
Hanoi bent but never broke because it preferred endless war to defeat;
Washington bent and finally did break because the public ... Surely, a Pentagon
that had defeated Germany and Japan and that had saved South Korea from the
Chinese ...
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Vietnam Perspectives | 67 |
War Without Politics | 103 |
Search and Destroy | 117 |
6 Conclusion | 131 |
Notes | 139 |
Glossary | 159 |
Bibliography | 161 |
Index | 175 |
About the Author | 180 |
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| Название | Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies Win |
| Автор | Jeffrey Record |
| Издатель | Potomac Books, Inc., 2007 |
| ISBN | 1597970905, 9781597970907 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 180 |
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