[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. (Kenneth Boulding)

[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.

Kenneth Boulding

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