To determine insights for future disengagements, this thesis examines four historical episodes in which Western nations withdrew from on-going conflicts against

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A comprehensive review of historical insurgencies that ended in settlement after a military stalemate shows that these negotiations followed a similar path that

This report examines how the U.S. government -- primarily the Departments of Defense (DOD), State, Treasury, and Justice (DOJ), and the U.S. Agency for Internat

Armies are invariably accused of preparing to fight the last war. Nagl examines how armies learn during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unp