When are wars decisive?
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Wars are not won by battles alone. Occupation is needed, or the government of a defeated nation has to accept the terms imposed by the victor, and implement them. Defeated powers have to lack support from outside for military verdicts to hold. Wars fought between states have tended to maintain the status quo, and an example is Kuwait, which has retained its independence. Wars tend not to be decisive unles they bear in mind the interests of the peoples that have been defeated, as well as their honor.
Publication Name: Survival
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0039-6338
Year: 1999
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A long war?
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'Global war against terror,' as termed by the US President George W. Bush in the immediate aftermath off the appalling events at the World Trade Center in 2001, is an inappropriate description of the problem. The use of alternate terms for the conflict are analyzed it is concluded that whatever the conflict be called, whether war or confrontation, it is certainly likely to be long and that the use of armed force offers no short cuts, unless it is used with skill and restraint.
Publication Name: Survival
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0039-6338
Year: 2006
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Present at the creation
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The author who was present at the conference in January 1957 at Brighton to discuss the problem of nuclear war traces the creation of Survival by the International Institute of Strategic Studies in November 1958. The journal was founded with the intention of ensuring survival in a world of different countries with differing ideologies and interests, so that conflicts may be prevented from escalating into annihilation.
Publication Name: Survival
Subject: International relations
ISSN: 0039-6338
Year: 2008
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