TY  - BOOK
AU  - RECORD Jeffrey
TI  - Beating goliath: why insurgencies win 
SN  - 1597970905 (hbk):
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Dulles Va
PB  - Potomac Books
KW  - VIETNAM WAR
KW  - INSURGENCY
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - UNITED STATES
KW  - MILITARY
N2  - 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
ER  -