[The loss- of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.


p. 245 - Conflict and defense: A general theory, 1962


[The loss- of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.

[The loss- of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.

[The loss- of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.

[The loss- of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.