{"product_id":"creating-military-power-9780804753999","title":"Creating Military Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect the abilities of countries to generate power in war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book's sensible premise is that a state's military power—often measured by gross national product, industrial capacity, population size, number of troops, and arsenal—does not necessarily determine military effectiveness... [\u003ci\u003eCreating Military Power\u003c\/i\u003e] is an excellent set of essays that specialists on military-security issues will read with much profit.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rigorous social science too often treats military power as the epiphenomenon of economic or technological resources. This impressive volume helps rectify that common mistake. It explores and details how what really matters—the actual effectiveness of militaries—depends on complex social, political, diplomatic, and organizational underpinnings.\"—Richard K. Betts,Director, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCreating Military Power\u003c\/i\u003e is creative and rigorous, attentive to historical detail, and concerned with policy implications. It will undoubtedly be read with great enthusiasm by specialists on international security in both the academy and think tanks.\"—Ronald R. Krebs, University of Minnesota\u003cbr\u003e\"Comprising a conceptual framework, seven substantive chapters, a critical individual synthesis reflecting on the book itself and a summary conclusion, this edited book provides a set of constructive conceptual and empirical contributions to international relations, political science, and military studies.\"—H-Net\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  \tContributors   \tAcknowledgments  1.\tIntroduction: The Impact of Culture, Society, Institutions, and International Forces on   Military Effectiveness\t1  \tRisa A. Brooks  2.\tNationalism and Military Effectiveness: Post-Meiji Japan\t000  \tDan Reiter  3.\tSocial Structure, Ethnicity, and Military Effectiveness: Iraq, 1980\\-2004\t000  \tTimothy D. Hoyt  4.\tPolitical Institutions and Military Effectiveness: Contemporary United States and United   Kingdom\t000  \tDeboroah Avant  5.\tCivil-Military Relations and Military Effectiveness: Egypt in the 1967 and 1973 Wars  \t000  \tRisa A. Brooks  6.\tGlobal Norms and Military Effectiveness: The Army in Early Twentieth-Century Ireland  \t000  \tTheo Farrell  7.\tInternational Competition and Military Effectiveness: Naval Air Power, 1919\\-1945\t000  \tEmily O. Goldman  8.\tInternational Alliances and Military Effectiveness: Fighting Alongside Allies and Partners  \t000  \tNora Bensahel  9.\tExplaining Military Outcomes\t000  \tStephen Biddle  10.\tConclusion\t000  \tRisa A. Brooks  Index\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405565567319,"sku":"9780804753999","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804753999.jpg?v=1730492854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creating-military-power-9780804753999","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}