PS 430G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Guerrilla Warfare
25 Jan 2019
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Us intervention in el salvador and nicaragua during the 80"s. A lot of these places were growing independent of the us and the us didn"t want that, they wanted clients. Jamaica thinks, if we are an independent country, we should have foreign relations with whomever we choose. so, they established a connection with castro in cuba. The us instantly became involved and started to destabilize the government. Relative interest plays a huge factor in how the weak win wars. If i am fighting for my independence, i might have more motives than someone fighting for oil. This could be why the weak win wars about half the time. If it"s a matter of life and death, the weak can pull through. If it was totally inverse the weak would always win. You launch an attack and try to take their material gains. Indirect strategies are where you seek to destroy the other"s will.
