... but that is not the point. Tactical failure, can still have enough effect to break enemy will (Pyrrihic victory). That is completely different from trying to suggest that actual tactical success can be counter-productive.
OK, so show me one successful insurgency that did not grow from tactical success, eroding or corrupting the Goverments will to fight.The insurgent does not have to win the fight to win the war. This is the basis behind Niel's diagram. We have to do both.
I can only think of one, (Rhodesia/Zimbabwe) - and that was an externally force treaty because the Rhodesian's realised they couldn't win, and faced a serious threat of a conventional invasion.
Again this was because the strategy was flawed. At no point was German tactical success "counter-productive."
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