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McRaven, William H. Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1995.

Clausewitz himself proposed that war could best be compared with commerce, since both are social conflicts of human interests and activities.

commanders. Daniel Green’s In the Warlords’ Shadow (Green 2017)

As the example of the late Soviet Union illustrated so well, until a few years ago it was possible for states to exercise great power in the world even while wasting resources on a massive scale. When returns to violence are high and rising, magnitude means more than efficiency. Larger entities tend to prevail over smaller ones. Those governments t