Except they didn’t did they…….
Right, here goes……this is only how I perceive it from what I’ve seen…..
In the post colonial world wars are waged based on a wish list of possible outcomes…..some are realised, some are not, some to a greater degree and some to a lesser degree, some totally unintended but they take them given all the various circumstances.
What they are not waged as is total war with clear cut aims, objectives and outcomes…..the belligerents don’t know exactly what the middle and end should look like.
Example, in WW2 the decision was taken that nothing less th