Every War Must End
Fred Charles Iklé’s classic study of how wars end. He argues that governments plan how to start wars far more carefully than how to finish them, and examines why fighting drags on long after it has stopped serving any purpose.
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Audrey Kurth Cronin
Iklé uses numerous historical examples to explain common problems. Policy-makers often succumb to wishful thinking, biased estimates, ideological dogma, and bureaucratic in-fighting, failing to think strategically in the midst of a fight. Our very human capacity to judge costs and benefits is distorted by the passions and sacrifices of an ongoing war.
Interview · January 2015
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