How the Weak Win Wars : a Theory of Asymmetric Conflict / Ivan Arreguín-Toft.
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 Arregúin-Toft shows that...
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Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in international relations ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction ; Relative power and realist international relations theory: the strong do as they will . . .; Competing explanations of asymmetric conflict outcomes; The nature of the actor; Arms diffusion; Interest asymmetry; Democratic social squeamishness; Strategic interaction; Why study asymmetric conflict outcomes?; Plan of the book; 2 Explaining asymmetric conflict outcomes.
- Explaining asymmetric conflict outcomesInterests and vulnerabilities; Political vulnerability and conflict duration; Political vulnerability and regime type; Vulnerability and strong actor defeat; The strategic interaction thesis; Strategy; Strategic interaction; Main hypotheses: strategic interaction and conflict outcomes; A quantitative test of the strategic interaction thesis; Testing an alternative explanation: external support for weak actors; Strategic interaction and conflict duration; Strategic interaction and long-term trends; Conclusion.
- 3 Russia in the Caucasus: the Murid War, 1830-1859 Appropriateness; The Caucasian theater; Background; Russia's interests; Murid interests; The Murid War; Interaction one: barbarism/conventional attack vs. GWS; Interaction two: conventional attack vs. GWS; Interaction three: conciliation vs. GWS; Outcome: Russia wins; Analysis: competing explanations of the Murid War's outcome; Actor interests; Regime types, strategy, and vulnerability; Arms diffusion; Strategic interaction; Conclusion.
- 4 Britain in Orange Free State and Transvaal: the South African War, 1899-1902 The South African theater; The eve of war: British interests; The eve of war: Boer interests; The South African War; Interaction one: conventional attack vs. conventional defense; Interaction two: conventional attack vs. GWS; Interaction three: barbarism vs. GWS; Outcome: Britain wins; Analysis: competing explanations of the South African War's outcome; Actor interests; Regime types, strategy, and vulnerability; Arms diffusion.
- Strategic interactionConclusion; 5 Italy in Ethiopia: the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1940 ; The Ethiopian theater; The eve of war: Italian interests; The eve of war: Ethiopian interests; The Italo-Ethiopian War; Analysis: competing explanations of the Italo-Ethiopian War's outcome; Conclusion; 6 The United States in Vietnam: the Vietnam War, 1965-1973 ; The Vietnamese theater; The Vietnam War; Analysis: competing explanations of the Vietnam War's outcome; Conclusion.