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The Protraction Trap: Why a Regional Conflict Could Be Hard To End

Strategist The most dangerous assumption in current contingency planning is that any war, even a regional war involving the United States, would be short

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Strategist The most dangerous assumption in current contingency planning is that any war, even a regional war involving the United States, would be short

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