{"product_id":"adapting-to-win-9780812246414","title":"Adapting to Win","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough case studies of violent insurgent groups pitted against foreign state powers, including in-depth examinations of the war in Afghanistan and the 2003 Iraq war, Adapting to Win examines the circumstances and tactics that allow some insurgencies to succeed in wars against foreign governments while others fail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAdapting to Win\u003c\/i\u003e makes highly compelling and analytically sound arguments about how to understand the forces that influence the ability of states to confront and defeat nonstate actors.\" * William C. Martel, The Fletcher School, Tufts University *\u003cbr\u003e\"A systematic and intellectually compelling work that advances a clear and powerful narrative of the forces that influence the ability of states to confront nonstate actors. The in-depth case studies in this book unearth a wealth of materials that are not well known.\" * T. V. Paul, McGill University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. How Do Insurgents Fight and Defeat Foreign States in War?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Origins and Proliferation of Sequencing\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. How the Sequencing Theory Works\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Conventional Model: The Dahomean War (1890-1894)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Primitive Model: Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. The Degenerative Model: The Iraq War (2003-2011)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. The Premature Model: The Anglo-Somali War (1900-1920)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. The Maoist Model: The Guinean War of Independence (1963-1974)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. The Progressive Model: The Indochina War (1946-1954)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. List of Extrasystemic Wars (1816-2010)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B. Description of 148 Wars and Sequences\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405724164439,"sku":"9780812246414","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812246414.jpg?v=1730493398","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adapting-to-win-9780812246414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}