Preparing for one war and getting another?
By: Antulio J. Echevarria II
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Series: Advancing strategic thought series; Advancing strategic thought series
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
ISBN-13: 9781584874638
Subjects: Military planning; Forecasting; Asymmetric warfare; Strategy; Military doctrine; Case studies; Military policy; Guerrilla warfare; War
Description: "This monograph examines the fundamental argument that America's adversaries are shifting more toward irregular methods due to the demonstrated prowess of the U.S. military at conventional warfare. This argument is based on what one might call a paradoxical logic, not unlike that described by Edward Luttwak in his classic work, Strategy. Among other things, the monograph concludes that few genuine paradoxes exist in war; most principles that appear paradoxical are completely linear. Moreover, those adversarial states and nonstate actors employing irregular methods today were doing so long before the U.S. military demonstrated its superiority at conventional warfare, and will likely continue to do so." --
Notes: "September 2010."

Includes bibliographical references (p.26-38).

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Table of contents: title: Dissolving paradoxes; title: Dissolving strategic paradoxes; title: Dissolving the preparation paradox.