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Security studies

the claim that highly mechanized armies do worse at counterinsurgency because they gather less local information and rely more on indiscriminate force.

In security studies, mechanization hypothesis refers to the claim that highly mechanized armies do worse at counterinsurgency because they gather less local information and rely more on indiscriminate force. This meaning comes from Lyall (2009) in International Organization.[1]

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References

Lyall, J., & Wilson, I. (2009). Rage Against the Machines: Explaining Outcomes in Counterinsurgency Wars. International Organization, 63(1), 67-106. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020818309090031

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