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By Ivan Arreguín-Toft

How do the vulnerable win wars? the possibility of victory and defeat in uneven conflicts is determined by the interplay of the ideas vulnerable and robust actors use. utilizing statistical and in-depth old analyses of conflicts spanning 200 years, during this 2005 ebook Ivan Arregúin-Toft indicates that, self reliant of regime kind and guns expertise, the interplay of comparable strategic ways favors powerful actors, whereas contrary strategic techniques favors the vulnerable. This method of figuring out uneven conflicts permits us to is sensible of ways the U.S. was once in a position to win its conflict in Afghanistan (2002) in a number of months, whereas the Soviet Union misplaced after a decade of brutal struggle (1979–89). Arreguín-Toft's strategic interplay thought has implications not just for diplomacy idea, yet for coverage makers grappling with interstate and civil wars, in addition to terrorism.

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