Small Wars Journal

New Cold War

Great Power Failure in the ‘Hot Wars’ of the Cold War: A Strategic Theory Analysis SWJED Wed, 03/06/2019 - 12:35am
This uses different theories to analyze why great powers were unsuccessful in the ‘hot wars’ of the Cold War, using the Soviet-Afghan War and Vietnam War as primary case studies. In both instances, the great powers were unable to overcome the paradoxes of asymmetric warfare.