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How the weak win wars : = a theory of asymmetric conflict /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	How the weak win wars :/ Ivan Arreguín-Toft.
Reminder of title:	a theory of asymmetric conflict /
Author:	Arreguín-Toft, Ivan M.,
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 250 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Asymmetric warfare - Case studies. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521645
ISBN:	9780511521645 (ebook)

How the weak win wars : = a theory of asymmetric conflict /
Arreguín-Toft, Ivan M.,

How the weak win wars :a theory of asymmetric conflict /Ivan Arreguín-Toft. - 1 online resource (xv, 250 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in international relations ;99. - Cambridge studies in international relations ;71..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction. -- Explaining asymmetric conflict outcomes. -- Russia in the Caucasus: the Murid War, 1830-1859. -- Britain in Orange Free State and Transvaal: the South African War, 1899-1902. -- Italy in Ethiopia: the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1940. -- The United States in Vietnam: the Vietnam War, 1965-1973. -- The USSR in Afghanistan: the Afghan Civil War, 1979-1989. -- Conclusion.

How do the weak win wars? The likelihood of victory and defeat in asymmetric conflicts depends on the interaction of the strategies weak and strong actors use. Using statistical and in-depth historical analyses of conflicts spanning two hundred years, in this 2005 book Ivan Arregúin-Toft shows that, independent of regime type and weapons technology, the interaction of similar strategic approaches favors strong actors, while opposite strategic approaches favors the weak. This approach to understanding asymmetric conflicts allows us to makes sense of how the United States was able to win its war in Afghanistan (2002) in a few months, while the Soviet Union lost after a decade of brutal war (1979-89). Arreguín-Toft's strategic interaction theory has implications not only for international relations theory, but for policy makers grappling with interstate and civil wars, as well as terrorism.

ISBN: 9780511521645 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

798827
Asymmetric warfare
--Case studies.

LC Class. No.: U163 / .A776 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 355.4/2

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