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How do the weak win wars ? The likelihood of victory and defeat in asymmetric conflicts depends on the interaction of the strategies weak and strong actors use. Using statistical and in-depth historical analyses of conflicts spanning two hundred years, in this 2005 book Ivan Arreguin-Toft shows that, independent of regime type and weapons technology, the interaction of similar strategic approaches favors strong actors, while opposite strategic approaches favors the weak. This approach to understanding asymmetric conflicts allows us to makes sense of how the United States was able to win its war in Afghanistan (2002) in a few months, while the Soviet Union lost after a decade of brutal war (1979-89). Arreguin-Toft's strategic interaction theory has implications not only for international relations theory, but for policy makers grappling with interstate and civil wars, as well as terrorism.

Polemology --- World history --- anno 1900-1999 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Asymmetric warfare --- Military history, Modern --- #SBIB:327.5H20 --- Modern military history --- Military art and science --- Vredesonderzoek: algemeen --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Asymmetric warfare - Case studies --- Military history, Modern - Case studies

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Like Israel in 2006, the United States today is likely ill prepared for hybrid warfare. To identify lessons that the U.S. military might learn from the Israeli experience in Lebanon, the author examines the state of the Israeli military before the Second Lebanon War, the lessons it learned during that conflict, the reforms it undertook to address its deficiencies, and how it fared during Operation Cast Lead three years later.

#SBIB:327.5H21 --- #SBIB:328H513 --- #SBIB:328H514 --- Vrede – oorlog, oorlogssituaties --- Instellingen en beleid: Palestijnen --- Instellingen en beleid: Israël --- Asymmetric warfare -- Case studies. --- Gaza War, 2008-2009. --- Israel. Tseva haganah le-YiśraÊ1⁄4el. --- Lebanon War, 2006. --- United States -- Military policy. --- Asymmetric warfare --- Gaza War, 2008-2009 --- Cast Lead, Operation, 2008-2009 --- Gaza Strip War, 2008-2009 --- Operation Cast Lead, 2008-2009 --- Hezbollah-Israel War, 2006 --- Israel-Hezbollah War, 2006 --- Israel-Lebanon War, 2006 --- July War, 2006 --- Lebanon-Israel War, 2006 --- Second Lebanon War, 2006 --- I.D.F. --- IDF --- Israel Defense Forces --- Israeli Defense Force --- Israeli Defense Forces --- Tsahal --- Tzahal --- Zahal --- צבא --- צבא הגנה לישראל --- צה׳׳ל --- ישראל. --- Lebanon War, 2006 --- Arab-Israeli conflict --- Military art and science --- Israel. --- Haganah (Organization) --- United States --- Military policy.