Invisible Armies by Max Boot
It seems to be nearly impossible for a nation-state to win an asymmetrical war against guerrilla forces and tactics. Small, relatively unorganized forces have beaten: Rome, Russia, France, China, Japan, the UK, and more. So, why is that? And why on earth do nations keep picking fights they can’t win?
Boot tries to answer those questions in his historically rich volume, which certainly is worth a read now, in the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. If we’re going to learn how to win the next war, that means learning from the past. We might just
Boot tries to answer those questions in his historically rich volume, which certainly is worth a read now, in the wake of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. If we’re going to learn how to win the next war, that means learning from the past. We might just