How did World War I become such a showcase for attrition? After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, military planners throughout Europe anticipated a new way of making war.

The currently dominant view on warfare emphasizes the importance of attrition of forces as the underlying combat dynamics. The proposed exposure-driven concept of combat brings instead to prominence ...

For example, the American way of war hinges on maneuver warfare that surprises, flanks, and destroys an adversary. The U.S. military displayed how effective this style of warfare could be when it ...

Lawrence Freedman, for example, suggests that Western military thinkers “oversold” maneuver warfare in preparing to fight the Soviet Union after the Vietnam War. Even worse, he argues they adopted an ...

Although Vladimir Putin still insists on calling his war a “special military operation,” as the aggression against Ukraine enters its fourth year, the symptoms of a war of attrition are ...

Both, however, are case examples where the rebels used peace negotiations and a role in government to win a war they could not win on the battlefield. Today's Cambodian government – and its ...

Ukraine has no “cards” according to President Donald Trump, while Russia has many. Vice President J. D. Vance has asserted that superior Russian firepower and manpower mean that the war can ...

A simple attrition model may be able to answer some of the questions about the Russia-Ukraine war, such as why the Russians have been so ineffective and what will likely happen as the war continues.

For example, the American way of war hinges on maneuver warfare that surprises, flanks, and destroys an adversary. The U.S. military displayed how effective this style of warfare could be when it ...