Comments on: Pyrrhic victories http://andreaskluth.org/2008/09/16/pyrrhic-victories/ What History’s Greatest Military Strategist Can Teach Us About Success And Failure Sat, 26 May 2012 22:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: A timeless story: Plutarch > Böll > us | Hannibal and Me http://andreaskluth.org/2008/09/16/pyrrhic-victories/#comment-14204 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:53:30 +0000 http://andreaskluth.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-14204 [...] Well, I think he got it from a story written about 2000 years ago about events more than 300 years before that. The author was Plutarch. The story was about Pyrrhus, the one who gave us “Pyrrhic Victories“. [...]

]]> By: Prof. Bacevich opines his views on American strategy « gringo lost http://andreaskluth.org/2008/09/16/pyrrhic-victories/#comment-2357 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:18:04 +0000 http://andreaskluth.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-2357 [...] of succeeding at the wrong thing (eg, choosing the wrong “battles” and “wars” to win, as Pyrrhus did). Ironically, success is therefore often the result of failing at the wrong thing, and thus having [...]

]]> By: My internal thesis debate: COIN or Mexico « gringo lost http://andreaskluth.org/2008/09/16/pyrrhic-victories/#comment-2187 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:09:37 +0000 http://andreaskluth.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-2187 [...] of succeeding at the wrong thing (eg, choosing the wrong “battles” and “wars” to win, as Pyrrhus did). Ironically, success is therefore often the result of failing at the wrong thing, and thus having [...]

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