edited by Risa A. Brooks and Elizabeth A. Stanley.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Stanford, Calif. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Stanford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (252 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Impact of Culture, Society, Institutions, and International Forces on Military Effectiveness""; ""Nationalism and Military Effectiveness: Post-Meiji Japan""; ""Social Structure, Ethnicity, and Military Effectiveness: Iraq, 1980�2004""; ""Political Institutions and Military Effectiveness: Contemporary United States and United Kingdom""; ""Civil-Military Relations and Military Effectiveness: Egypt in the 1967 and 1973 Wars""; ""Global Norms and Military Effectiveness: The Army in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland""
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""International Competition and Military Effectiveness: Naval Air Power, 1919�1945""""International Alliances and Military Effectiveness: Fighting Alongside Allies and Partners""; ""Explaining Military Outcomes""; ""Conclusion""; ""Index""
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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An examination of how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organisations. Unlike most analyses of countries' military power, which focus on material and basic resources - such as the size of population, technological and industrial base, and gross national product (GNP) - this volume takes a more expansive view. Its overarching argument is that states' global environments and the particularities of their cultures, social structures, and political institutions often affect how they organize and prepare for war, and ultimately impact their effectiveness in battle.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Creating military power.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Armed Forces-- History-- 20th century.
Military art and science-- History-- 20th century.