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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... Communism , maintaining the credibility of U.S. commitments worldwide , achieving peace with honor . Thus , whereas the Vietnamese Communists invested all their energy and available resources in waging war , U.S. annual defense spending ...
... Communism , maintaining the credibility of U.S. commitments worldwide , achieving peace with honor . Thus , whereas the Vietnamese Communists invested all their energy and available resources in waging war , U.S. annual defense spending ...
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... Communists. In April 1995 the government in Hanoi announced that Communist forces during the “American period” of the Vietnam War had sustained a loss of 1.1 million dead, a figure that presumably included the Communists' 300,000 ...
... Communists. In April 1995 the government in Hanoi announced that Communist forces during the “American period” of the Vietnam War had sustained a loss of 1.1 million dead, a figure that presumably included the Communists' 300,000 ...
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... Communists were fighting for their country as well as their principles, while the Americans had only principles at stake—and ... Communist menace would prevail over an Asian peasant insurgency. And surely, there was nothing to learn from ...
... Communists were fighting for their country as well as their principles, while the Americans had only principles at stake—and ... Communist menace would prevail over an Asian peasant insurgency. And surely, there was nothing to learn from ...
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... Communist forces came out in the open and tried to take and hold fixed positions , thereby exposing themselves to crushing U.S. firepower . ( The Taliban made the same mistake in Afghanistan thirty - three years later . ) Tough is one ...
... Communist forces came out in the open and tried to take and hold fixed positions , thereby exposing themselves to crushing U.S. firepower . ( The Taliban made the same mistake in Afghanistan thirty - three years later . ) Tough is one ...
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... Communist South Vietnam would likely have escaped convincing challenge. Military victory tends to render moot leadership claims of high stakes as well as leadership exertion to sustain public opinion.27 Ivan Arreguin-Toft, in his ...
... Communist South Vietnam would likely have escaped convincing challenge. Military victory tends to render moot leadership claims of high stakes as well as leadership exertion to sustain public opinion.27 Ivan Arreguin-Toft, in his ...
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