Re: [GZG] [OT] The myth of inevitable victory. (Was: [OT] Books (Weber/White/Meier) )

Yeah, sorry, I got that. But I didn't argue either position, so I was  
puzzled by the response to my posting. No worries.

Best regards, Robert Bryett

On 22/07/2008, at 20:15 , John Atkinson wrote:

> Basic premise of the insurgency argument:  Ideology, mass
> participation, avoidance of direct confrontation will inevitably allow
> a combatant with a weak army and weak economy to gradually overcome an
> opponent superior in all conventional measures.
>
> Basic premise of the economic argument presented so far:  All that
> matters in warfare is weight of numbers as expressed in economic
> terms.

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