Between The Alps And A Hard Place (2013) - Plot & Excerpts
—Proverb DURING WORLD WAR II the Swiss army deterred an Axis war machine thirty times its strength from invading its homeland. This contains lessons for strong and weak states alike. History is full of examples of weaker nations that survive encounters with the stronger, and sometimes prevail. American history reminds us that thirteen weak colonies defeated the mighty British Empire, that America at the height of its power was defeated by tiny Vietnam, and that little Serbia stood off the whole NATO alliance. By definition, the strong can crush the weak. But in real life there are countless reasons why the strong may commit only a portion of their strength. If then the weak use all of theirs well, the actual balance of power in a specific circumstance may sometimes give the weak a precarious edge. If both the weak and the strong judiciously work the margins of the balance of power, both may get what circumstances dictate at any given time. When a large, powerful country intends to rule a smaller, weaker one, it must measure what resistance it may meet and what it is willing to do to overcome that resistance.
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