MILITARY literature often recruits its authors among unlucky leaders: Cadorna wrote his memoirs, and Diaz did not. Ludendorff explained at length how it came about that, in spite of his genius, he was beaten; and Foch kept silent. Again, military experts even when they have no personal interests at stake are inclined to see only the military elements of problems that essentially are social and human.
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Using terror operations on a small scale is an effective means of making life difficult for a much stronger opponent and may even force it to offer some concessions. But grand dramatic attacks such as 9/11 against the US, the Mumbai campaign and the
The history of terrorism in pursuit of political aims is as long as history itself. However, the past two decades have witnessed important, and needless to say worrying, developments in what could be seen as a zoological version of political activism.