Abstract
Why do rebel groups often fight like an army despite the fact that they keep losing most of the time? I examine seven possible answers and find that insurgent forces are likely to use conventional war strategy and be “suicidal” when they receive material aid from outsiders to build up armed forces and fight on terrain that supports large movements, without knowing that such a strategy does not always work, while strong states make interventions to impose their own method of fighting. This finding has important implications for the analysis of asymmetric war, counterinsurgency, and international security.
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