Potholm provides case studies from ancient battles to today demonstrating the implementation of . . . seven factors for success.

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Christian Potholm has written an imaginative, controversial book on the fundamental nature of human conflict that deserves the most serious attention from scholars as well as students of war.

Williamson Murray, professor emeritus, Ohio State University, and senior fellow at the Institute of Defense Analysis

Brilliant. Chris Potholm's Winning at War provides an objective and analytical framework on understanding war for the policymaker, the war fighter, and the layman alike. He brilliantly weaves a complex subject into a very understandable tale.

Claude Berube, professor at the US Naval Academy

Chris Potholm's seminal Winning at War is an innovative approach to objectively analyzing mankind's most destructive method of policy making-war. A disciplined application of the seven keys to military victory he so compellingly articulates can assist future political leaders, policy makers, and military planners avoid the sad and costly mistakes of the past. A brilliant contribution to the noble effort to help mankind avoid the dreadful pain of warfare.

Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, 2001-2004

In this brilliant, provocative book, Dr. Christian Potholm reveals his obsession with war-not to glorify warfare or warrior-hood-but to understand what factors have proven indispensable in leading to success on history's battlefields. This book is a must read for our military and political leaders-and for a citizenry that needs to know whether our leaders have properly prepared our nation for success in war when diplomacy fails.

Hon. William S. Cohen, former Secretary of Defense, former senator from Maine, and CEO of The Cohen Group

WINNING AT WAR is Maine scholar Christian Potholm's incisive and provocative treatise on the seven keys to winning wars throughout history.... This is a book about how and why states win or lose wars. From the outset, Potholm does not attempt to justify the morality of war, just as he does not glorify or endorse war; rather, he seeks to understand success in war. Potholm's presentation is clear and fascinating. He offers seven key elements as essential components for successfully waging and winning wars.... He discusses each element using historical examples, from the Romans, Mongols and Zulus to the American Civil War, the Vietnam War and the Iraqi insurgency.

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