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Air power, full-on invasion, arming the opposition: the result is usually the same, writes Philip Gordon
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Lessons from history for Venezuela and Iran

Pressure from America and its allies can prevent a return to fighting

Even if, at the political level, its direction is a mess

Allies may panic; despots will cheer

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist