Kolenda, Christopher D.
Zero-Sum Victory: What We're Getting Wrong About War
- ISBN 13:
- 9780813152769
- author:
- Kolenda, Christopher D.
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- The University Press of Kentucky
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 22.9 x 15.2 centimeters (0.68 kg
- Genre:
- History, Military History, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Zero-Sum Victory: What We're Getting Wrong about War
Retired US Army colonel Christopher D. Kolenda examines the key reasons behind the failure of major post-9/11 US military interventions, including those in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Kolenda identifies three interrelated problems that have emerged from the government's insistence on zero-sum victory: a lack of clear measures for success, slow recognition and adaptation of failing strategies, and the undermining of transition or negotiated outcomes due to bargaining asymmetries and disconnects in strategy. He draws thought-provoking conclusions about the utility of American military power in the contemporary world.
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