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Sarah Paine argues that whether a war is successful depends not on whether all battles were won, but on whether the goals for which the war was launched were achieved
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9/28/2026
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UnverifiedPaine argues that clarity of objectives is itself a core variable of strategic capability, and that the side able to precisely define 'what counts as winning' before a war begins is more likely to succeed73% similarUnverifiedGallagher argues that the Civil War was not inevitable, and he refers to the mindset of 'working backward from the ending to conclude that everything had to happen as it did' as 'Appomattox Syndrome.'53% similar
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