基本説明
Examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organizations.
Full Description
Creating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organizations. Unlike most analyses of countries' military power, which focus on material and basic resources—such as the size of populations, technological and industrial base, and GNP—this volume takes a more expansive view. The study's 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. The creation of military power is only partially dependent on states' basic material and human assets. Wealth, technology, and human capital certainly matter for a country's ability to create military power, but equally important are the ways a state uses those resources, and this often depends on the political and social environment in which military activity takes place.
Contents
Contents Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Impact of Culture, Society, Institutions, and International Forces on Military Effectiveness 1 Risa A. Brooks 2. Nationalism and Military Effectiveness: Post-Meiji Japan 000 Dan Reiter 3. Social Structure, Ethnicity, and Military Effectiveness: Iraq, 1980\-2004 000 Timothy D. Hoyt 4. Political Institutions and Military Effectiveness: Contemporary United States and United Kingdom 000 Deboroah Avant 5. Civil-Military Relations and Military Effectiveness: Egypt in the 1967 and 1973 Wars 000 Risa A. Brooks 6. Global Norms and Military Effectiveness: The Army in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland 000 Theo Farrell 7. International Competition and Military Effectiveness: Naval Air Power, 1919\-1945 000 Emily O. Goldman 8. International Alliances and Military Effectiveness: Fighting Alongside Allies and Partners 000 Nora Bensahel 9. Explaining Military Outcomes 000 Stephen Biddle 10. Conclusion 000 Risa A. Brooks Index 000
