The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, dramatically changed the face of war. Suddenly war ceased to be primarily an enterprise employing military weapons against expectant armies, and changed to include lethal blows with civilian devices against innocent people.
-Bevin Alexander, from the Introduction to How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War From Ancient Greece To The War On Terror
Two unrelated developments have fused to produce a true revolution in warfare. The first is highly accurate and extremely powerful weapons. The second is the discovery that modern conventional armies can be defeated by guerrilla methods.
-Bevin Alexander, How Wars Are Won: The 13 Rules of War From Ancient Greece To The War On Terror
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