February 14, 2026
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
Intervention Intervention
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
Menu
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
loading...
Storylines
  • Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo
  • Nigeria in the Shadow of the ‘Africa Health Security and Sovereignty’ Initiative
  • As Biodun Jeyifo Passes On
  • Securing Nigeria
  • Woro Massacre Was Not an Accident: How Neglect Turned Borgu into a Killing Field
  • NIIA’s Foreign Policy Lecture Tackles Elections-Democracy Puzzle in Africa 
  • ‘No Patience, No Goodluck’: Article Performs Sociological Surgery of ‘Femocracy’ and the Goodluck Jonathan Presidency
  • Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Loses Mrs Jedida Kalat Shamang to Death
  • Exceptional Ovation for Jane Ehi Okoli, retiring NYSC Director
  • Whole Idea of Development Studies Under Question – Prof Anuradha Joshi, New IDS chief
Home Civil defense

Why Powerful States Lose Asymmetric Wars

Posted By: adminon: April 01, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Booby traps, Chechnya, Civil defense, Contras, Guerrilla warfare, Ho Chi Ming, LICs, Mujaheddin, Nixon Doctrine, Roadside bombings, Suicide missions, Tora Bora, UNITA, USA, USSR, VietnamNo CommentsViews:
Why Powerful States Lose Asymmetric Wars

A 2021 retiree as a Professor of Political Science from the Richmond University in the United States of America but currently teaching at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, the... Read more

Share 0
Tweet
Share 0

Recent Posts

Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo
Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

February 14, 2026
Nigeria in the Shadow of the ‘Africa Health Security and Sovereignty' Initiative
Nigeria in the Shadow of the ‘Africa Health Security and Sovereignty' Initiative

Nigeria in the Shadow of the ‘Africa Health Security and Sovereignty’ Initiative

February 14, 2026
As Biodun Jeyifo Passes On
As Biodun Jeyifo Passes On

As Biodun Jeyifo Passes On

February 12, 2026
Securing Nigeria
Securing Nigeria

Securing Nigeria

February 10, 2026
Woro Massacre Was Not an Accident: How Neglect Turned Borgu into a Killing Field
Woro Massacre Was Not an Accident: How Neglect Turned Borgu into a Killing Field

Woro Massacre Was Not an Accident: How Neglect Turned Borgu into a Killing Field

February 05, 2026

Intervention Timeline

My Tweets

Posts In Pictures

  • Lenin Centenary International Conference Opens in Abuja January 22nd, 2024
  • CDD-West Africa Calls for Independent, Exhaustive Investigation Of Okuama, Igbomotoru Violence
  • Homeage to Prof Pius Adesanmi
  • Nigerian Activists Lose Dr. Toure Kazah as They Set to Bury Prof Funmi Adewumi and Remember Prof Abubakar Momoh
  • Why mRNA COVID Vaccines Can't Change Your DNA
  • Strategic Autonomy and the Global South in the Era of New Alignments in a Changing World
  • Might Nigeria’s NiMET and NEMA Be Better Overcoming the Challenge of Climate Change?
  • Intervention Educational Opportunities Notice Board (3C) - Undergraduate Programmes
  • Islam and Muslim Quest for Humane Civilization 
  • Search for Common Ground Holds Capacity and Strategy Workshop on Human Rights Violations for CSOs
  • 6 More Hours To August 1st, 2024 Protests in Nigeria
  • 25 Years of the 'Marital Turn' Among Comrades in Nigeria

Facebook Timeline

Facebook Timeline

Info

Office Address: Suite 4, Abuja Shopping Complex, Area 3, Garki-Abuja

Phone:
+2348133033042

(c) 2017-19 Intervention.ng

  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
Desktop Version Mobile Version