Asymmetry Paradox: Why Military Superpowers Lose Counterinsurgency Wars
History has shown, a military victory doesn’t automatically mean the same result politically, when superior weaponry is deployed. Conventionally strong forces have repeatedly foundered in their battles against insurgent opponents that possessed little military strength but possessed the greater strategic sensibility and ability to be patient and to rely on local support and political endurance. This is the Asymmetry Paradox. …

