Preface
The problem of victory and defeat in modern war
Jan Angstrom
The nature of victory and defeat in modern war
Defining post-war victory
Robert Mandel
In the eye of the beholder: victory and defeat in U.S. military operations
Dominic Johnson & Dominic Tierney
Victory, counter-insurgency and Iraq
Ian Beckett
The United States perspective on victory in a war on terrorism
Jan Angstrom
Explaining victory and defeat in modern war
The paradoxes of the strategy of terrorism
Isabelle Duyvesteyn
How to lose a war on terror: a comparative analysis of counterinsurgency
Successes and failures
Ivan Arreguin-Toft
The origins and implications of Western counterinsurgency failures
Gil Merom
Toppling the Taliban in Afghanistan
Stephen Biddle
Culture and the outcome of military intervention: developing some hypotheses
Kersti Larsdotter
Understanding victory and defeat: some conclusions
Isabelle Duyvesteyn.
Understanding victory and defeat in contemporary war. ISBN 9780203967683. Published by Routledge in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.