The history of the concept of the 'conflict curve'

[Dayuhan]

Am I missing something?

Every conflict is different. Draw a curve to illustrate WW2, or Korea, or Vietnam, or Iraq, or Afghanistan... or the continuing FID efforts in Colombia or the Philippines, or any other conflict you care to name. Some may be superficially similar, others will be radically different.

I honestly don't see the point. If we want to know where we are in any given conflict, we need to look at the specific events and specific context of that conflict, not at an abstract curve.