Why America Thinks It Can’t Lose Wars - Prof. Jiang Xueqin

Описание: Modern discussions of war often focus on strategy, technology, or leadership.
In this lecture, Jiang Xueqin argues that something more fundamental has changed — not only in how wars are fought, but in how power understands itself.
Drawing on the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and other modern conflicts, Jiang examines how American military dominance produced a dangerous form of hubris: the belief that war could be fast, distant, and largely free of consequence. As conflicts became technologically overwhelming yet politically insulated, power began to mistake superiority for wisdom, and success for invulnerability.
Rather than framing failure as the result of bad decisions or individual leaders, Jiang traces a deeper structural problem. When war no longer requires sustained sacrifice or democratic consent, it erodes restraint. Learning disappears. Escalation feels manageable. Hubris replaces judgment — and power begins to act as though it cannot lose.
This lecture explores how modern conflicts stopped producing accountability, why repeated wars no longer generate caution, and how systems convinced of their own invincibility often become the most vulnerable to long-term failure.

🎓 Lecturer: Professor Jiang Xueqin
📅 Recorded: 2025
🔗 Original lecture:    • Geo-Strategy #6:  America's Imperial Hubris  

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