{"product_id":"conflict-under-constraint-a-david-smith-9798257072468","title":"Conflict Under Constraint - a Campaign Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConflict Under Constraint\u003c\/b\u003e is not a wargame about victory. It is a system about what remains when control begins to fail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis campaign framework for \u003ci\u003eAustralian Frontier Wars\u003c\/i\u003e explores conflict as a condition shaped by pressure, escalation, and consequence. It rejects balance, rejects decisive resolution, and rejects the idea that combat produces clarity. Instead, it presents a structure in which every action carries forward, every loss endures, and every decision narrows what is possible next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross a series of linked scenarios, forces do not improve-they degrade. Pressure accumulates, escalation reshapes the environment, and control becomes increasingly difficult to sustain. Encounters shorten. Reactions replace deliberation. Withdrawal becomes not a failure, but a necessary and meaningful choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrounded in the realities of frontier conflict, this system offers a way of engaging with history that emphasises restraint, uncertainty, and responsibility. It does not seek to recreate events, but to explore how conflict develops under conditions that resist resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a campaign of accumulation, not achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat matters is not what is won, but what remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257072468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.15d","brand":"David Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172654817535,"sku":"9798257072468","price":14.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conflict-under-constraint-a-david-smith-9798257072468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}