Revista Científica General José María Córdova (Colombian Journal of Military and Strategic Studies) Bogotá D.C., Colombia ISSN 1900-6586 (print), 2500-7645 (online) Journal homepage: https://www.revistacientificaesmic.com Insisting on victory: Victory versus success in limited and asymmetric wars Mustafa Coşar Ünal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-9574
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[email protected] Bilkent University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Turkey How to cite: Ünal, M. C., & Cafnik Uludağ, P. (2019). Insisting on victory: Victory ver- sus success in limited and asymmetric wars. Revista Científica General José María Córdova, 17(28), 891-922. http://dx.doi.org/10.21830/19006586.522 Published online: October 1, 2019 The articles published by Revista Científica General José María Córdova are Open Access under a Creative Commons license: Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives. Submit your article to this journal: https://www.revistacientificaesmic.com/index.php/esmic/about/submissions Miles Doctus Revista Científica General José María Córdova (Colombian Journal of Military and Strategic Studies) Bogotá D.C., Colombia Volume 17, Number 28, October-December 2019, pp. 891-922 http://dx.doi.org/10.21830/19006586.522 Insisting on victory: Victory versus success in limited and asymmetric wars Insistiendo en la victoria: Victoria versus éxito en guerras limitadas y asimétricas Mustafa Coşar Ünal & Petra Cafnik Uludağ Bilkent University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Turkey ABSTRACT. In a COIN campaign, using the term victory, a military defeat of the enemy –in its classical definition– is highly problematic.