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Zero-sum victory : what we're getting wrong about war / Christopher D. Kolenda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kolenda, Christopher D., author.
- Series:
- Kentucky scholarship online.
- Kentucky scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prolonged war--United States--Case studies.
- Prolonged war.
- Irregular warfare--Case studies.
- Irregular warfare.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Case studies.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Case studies.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- United States--Military policy--History--21st century--Case studies.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 pages)
- Other Title:
- What we're getting wrong about war
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2021]
- Summary:
- Why have the major, post-9/11, US military interventions turned into quagmires? Despite huge power imbalances, major capacity-building efforts, and repeated tactical victories by what many observers call the world's best military, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq turned bloody and intractable. The US government's fixation on zero-sum decisive victory is an important part of the explanation why successful military operations to overthrow two developing-world regimes failed to achieve favorable and durable outcomes. In 'Zero-Sum Victory', Christopher D. Kolenda identifies three interrelated problems that have emerged from the government's insistence on a zero-sum victory.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kolenda, Christopher D. Zero-Sum Victory
- ISBN:
- 9780813154169
- 0813154162
- 9780813152899
- 0813152895
- OCLC:
- 1273972686
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