{"product_id":"shaping-strategy-the-civilmilitary-politics-of-strategic-assessment-9780691136684","title":"Shaping Strategy  The CivilMilitary Politics of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGMENTS 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403760542039,"sku":"9780691136684","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shaping-strategy-the-civilmilitary-politics-of-strategic-assessment-9780691136684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}