Intimidation and Fear -- The Way to Quickly Defeat an Adversary

Author: (American), Erman et al. (); Teng Jianqun et al. (Translation)
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Publishing Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book extracts the essence of strategy, advocating "Strength + Strategy = Rapid Victory + Complete Victory." It was first completed in 1996 and was highly praised by Donald Rumsfeld, the Defense Secretary of the George W. Bush administration. It was applied in the Iraq War, quickly becoming a must-read classic in the field of defense and military strategy. In March 2003, with the outbreak of the US-UK war against Iraq, many people became increasingly familiar with the term "Deterrence" through the media and learned about the US "Rapid Dominance Research Group," composed of retired senior military officials. Among the most notable figures were Harlan Elman and James Wade. However, shortly after the war began, General Elman strongly criticized that the media had completely misunderstood the theory of "Deterrence." In fact, since the second half of 2002, when the US and UK prepared for the "regime change" war in Iraq, the term "Deterrence" was widely hyped by the media, initially led by major newspapers such as the US New York Times.