Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Explaining asymmetric conflict outcomes
- 3 Russia in the Caucasus: the Murid War, 1830–1859
- 4 Britain in Orange Free State and Transvaal: the South African War, 1899–1902
- 5 Italy in Ethiopia: the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935–1940
- 6 The United States in Vietnam: the Vietnam War, 1965–1973
- 7 The USSR in Afghanistan: the Afghan Civil War, 1979–1989
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Explaining asymmetric conflict outcomes
- 3 Russia in the Caucasus: the Murid War, 1830–1859
- 4 Britain in Orange Free State and Transvaal: the South African War, 1899–1902
- 5 Italy in Ethiopia: the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935–1940
- 6 The United States in Vietnam: the Vietnam War, 1965–1973
- 7 The USSR in Afghanistan: the Afghan Civil War, 1979–1989
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix
- References
- Index
- CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Summary
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath …
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid …
And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine …
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. And David girded his sword upon his armour … And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag … and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
… And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead … and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone …
I. Samuel 17Why do the strong lose to the weak?
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- How the Weak Win WarsA Theory of Asymmetric Conflict, pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005