Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies Win

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GOLIA GOLIA GOLIA GOLIA GOLIATH TH TH TH TH B B B B BEA EA EA EA EATI TI TI TI TING NG NG NG NG ALSO BY JEFFREY RECORD The Specter of Munich: Reconsidering the Lessons of Appeasing Hitler Dark Victory: America’s Second War Against Iraq Making War,Thinking History: Munich,Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo The Wrong War: Why We Lost in Vietnam Hollow Victory: A Contrary View of the Gulf War Beyond Military Reform: American Defense Dilemmas Revising U.S. Military Strategy: Tailoring Means to Ends GOLIA GOLIA GOLIA GOLIA GOLIATH TH TH TH TH B B B B BEA EA EA EA EATI TI TI TI TING NG NG NG NG Why Insurgencies Win JEFFREY RECORD JEFFREY RECORD JEFFREY RECORD JEFFREY RECORD JEFFREY RECORD Potomac Books, Inc. Washington,D.C. Copyright © 2007 Potomac Books Published in the United States by Potomac Books, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. The views expressed in this book are the author’s alone and do not necessarily represent those of the Air War College, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other federal agency. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Record, Jeffrey. Beating Goliath : why insurgencies win / Jeffrey Record. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59797-090-7 (alk. paper) 1. Insurgency—History—20th century. 2. Insurgency—History—21st century. 3. Iraq War, 2003– 4. Vietnam War, 1961–1975. 5. United States—History, Military—20th century. 6. United States— History, Military—21st century. I. Title. D431.R43 2007 355.02’18—dc22 2007001847 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39-48 Standard. Potomac Books, Inc. 22841 Quicksilver Drive Dulles, Virginia 20166 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 ...