{"id":356,"date":"2007-10-07T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2007-10-07T13:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2007-10-07T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2007-10-07T13:37:08","slug":"save-your-math-for-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"Save your math for the war*"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An absolute gem unearthed by Frank Little of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cedarlounge.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/06\/pryi1xi-11-exp-xi-s-the-formula-for-a-successful-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Cedar Lounge Revolution<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Patricia Sullivan, a professor at the University of Georgia in the US, has devised a mathematical equation to predict the outcome of conflicts based on a detailed analysis of 122 military interventions involving the US, Britain, China, Russia and France since 1945.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She claims the equation is accurate in 78% of cases.<\/p>\n<p>The equation is posted on <strong>Cedar Lounge<\/strong>, which notes Sullivan&#8217;s argument that &#8220;key determinant in many conflicts has been the attitude of the civilian population&#8221;. Winning hearts and minds is as vital in the aftermath of upheaval &#8212; a patten that can be found throughout history &#8212; as it is in domestic politics.<\/p>\n<p>*If you get this reference I will be so utterly impressed you&#8217;ll get a blog post dedicated to you. Can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m not generous!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An absolute gem unearthed by Frank Little of The Cedar Lounge Revolution: Patricia Sullivan, a professor at the University of Georgia in the US, has devised a mathematical equation to predict the outcome of conflicts based on a detailed analysis of 122 military interventions involving the US, Britain, China, Russia and France since 1945. She [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,57,63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tinyplanetblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}