| ID | 110304 |
| Title Proper | Measuring progress in modern warfare |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kapstein, Ethan B |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How do governments know whether they're winning or losing a military campaign? This question is devilish enough to answer in the context of conventional wars with pitched battles, let alone the ebb and flow of a long-term counter-insurgency. There is considerable confusion both over what sort of indicators - 'military metrics' - might be useful, and over how they should be used. Although reams of data are currently being collected and reported in Afghanistan and other conflict zones, for example, it is difficult to draw any meaningful conclusions about what, if any, progress is being made. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 54, No.1; Feb-Mar 2012: p.137-158 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 54, No.1; Feb-Mar 2012: p.137-158 |
| Key Words | Modern Warfare ; Conventional Wars ; Afghanistan ; Counterinsurgency ; United Nations ; Korean War ; United States |