The promise and folly of war – why do leaders enter conflict assuming victory is assured?
The promise and folly of war – why do leaders enter conflict assuming victory is assured?
Gregory A. Daddis
Professor and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History, San Diego State University
Amid a staunch and passionate defense that has slowed the Russian advance to Kiev and global condemnation, Vladimir Putin’s motivation for invading has been subject to speculation: Just what does he hope to achieve by war in Ukraine?
Some have argued that Putin was responding to NATO expansion or was driven by a compelling sense of Russian nationalism. Others maintain he saw an opportunity to revive Cold War Soviet influence in Eastern Europe. Still others claim he is simply delusional, an oligarch divorced from reality.
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