National Will to Fight: Why Some States Keep Fighting and Others Don't
Abstract
Wars rarely end simply because one military destroys another. Government leadersdetermine how and when wars end, and they may have to decide many times during aconflict whether their country should continue enduring risk and sacrifice or whetherit is time to stop fighting. Tangible factors like remaining numbers of weapons andtroops are obviously part of the decision calculus, but it is often less-tangible politicaland economic variables that ultimately determine what might be called national willto fight.The U.S. Army asked the RAND Arroyo Center to help U.S. leaders betterunderstand and influence will to fight at both the national level and at the tacticaland operational levels. This report, along with a companion report, Will to Fight:Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units,1 documents thefirst steps in this multiyear effort
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1059605
Entities
People
- Aaron Frank
- Andrew Parasiliti
- Ben Connable
- Benjamin J. Fernandes
- Christopher Edward Paul
- Dan Madden
- Ilana Blum
- In H. Seol
- Jasen J. Castillo
- Marek N. Posard
- Michael J. Mcnerney
- Natasha Lander
- S. R. Zimmerman
Organizations
- RAND Corporation