Exclusive Preview: The Age of Forever Wars
Read Lawrence Freedman on why military victory has become so elusive. The Age of Forever Wars Why Military Strategy No Longer Delivers Victory By Lawrence D. Freedman The Age of Forever Wars Why Military Strategy No Longer Delivers Victory By Lawrence D. Freedman You are reading an exclusive preview from the upcoming May/June issue. To receive full access, subscribe here . Military strategists have long dreamed of decisive, rapid victories, and in recent decades, they have often expected technological superiority and overwhelming force to produce such results. Yet in conflicts in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Gaza, forces conducting surprise offensives "have shown how difficult it is to bring a war to an early and satisfactory conclusion," argues the military historian Lawrence Freedman in a new essay from the forthcoming issue of Foreign Affairs . The prevalence of "forever wars" in the contemporary era calls for a fundamental shift in mi...
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