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Beating goliath : why insurgencies win / Jeffrey Record

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RECORD Jeffrey

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TextPublication details: Dulles Va: Potomac Books, 2007Description: 192 pISBN:

1597970905 (hbk):
978159797090 (hbk) :

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Summary: It examines the phenomenon of victories by the weak over the strong more specifically insurgencies that succeeded against great powers. It also examines the present insurgency in Iraq and whether the United States can win. The following chapter reviews about why the strong lose. Each of these explanations sheds much light on the phenomenon of beaten Goliaths but neither individually nor even in combination do they provide a completely satisfactory explanation.

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Book	Defence Academy Library On-Shelf	355.0218 REC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		22917-2001
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	355.0218 REC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		22917-1001

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It examines the phenomenon of victories by the weak over the strong more specifically insurgencies that succeeded against great powers. It also examines the present insurgency in Iraq and whether the United States can win. The following chapter reviews about why the strong lose. Each of these explanations sheds much light on the phenomenon of beaten Goliaths but neither individually nor even in combination do they provide a completely satisfactory explanation.

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