Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict¶
Mack. (1975). Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict. World Politics.
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- Attrition Trap
- … collapse of the DRV under sustained casualties, and where the political tolerance assumption failed for the US before it failed for North Vietnam), and the Soviet and US experiences in Afghanistan (where the adversary's lower input consumption and higher political tolerance outlasted far wealthier intervening forces
This sourceThe founding statement of asymmetric-conflict theory, arguing that an external power's limited stake and the insurgents' cohesion shift the political balance toward withdrawal when a decisive victory is denied.
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“The Vietnam and Algerian wars have demonstrated that the overwhelming conventional military superiority of major powers is no guarantee against their defeat in wars against small nations.”
- … collapse of the DRV under sustained casualties, and where the political tolerance assumption failed for the US before it failed for North Vietnam), and the Soviet and US experiences in Afghanistan (where the adversary's lower input consumption and higher political tolerance outlasted far wealthier intervening forces
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