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Book SynopsisDrawing insights from both international relations and comparative politics, this book shows that good strategic assessment depends on civil-military relations that encourage an easy exchange of information and an analysis of a state's own relative capabilities and strategic environment.
Trade Review"Risa Brooks develops a novel theory of how states' civil-military relations affect strategic assessment during international conflicts. And her conclusions have broad practical importance."--Spartacus Educational "Shaping Strategy is a major contribution."--Todd S. Sechser, Perspectives on Politics
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION: The Significance of Strategic Assessment 1 CHAPTER TWO: Explaining Variation in Strategic Assessment 15 CHAPTER THREE: Egypt in the Mid-1960s 62 CHAPTER FOUR: Egypt in the 1970s 102 CHAPTER FIVE: Britain and Germany and the First World War 143 CHAPTER SIX: Pakistan and Turkey in the Late 1990s 195 CHAPTER SEVEN: U.S. Postconflict Planning for the 2003 Iraq War 226 CONCLUSION: Findings and Implications 256 REFERENCES 275 INDEX 303
