Brief Reminder: Vertical and horizontal scenarios
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 12:02AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Brief Reminder

Just a straightforward rundown I used to do of the key differences between vertical and horizontal scenarios.  I used these slides primarily in the first two years after 9/11 to explain some of the asymmetry between the way nonstate actors like to fight (drawn-out horizontal conflicts) and how organized militaries prefer to fight (the clearly-defined, short war of lightning strikes).  

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