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Power and Military Effectiveness
Michael C. Desch
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Description for Power and Military Effectiveness
International relations scholars, policy makers, and military minds will be well served by its lessons. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10, 3 black & white line drawings, 7 maps. BIC Classification: JPHV; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
Since 1815 democratic states have emerged victorious from most wars, leading many scholars to conclude that democracies are better equipped to triumph in armed conflict with autocratic and other non-representative governments. Political scientist Michael C. Desch argues that the evidence and logic of that supposition, which he terms "democratic triumphalism," are as flawed as the arguments for the long-held and opposite belief that democracies are inherently disadvantaged in international relations. Through comprehensive statistical analysis, a thorough review of two millennia of international relations thought, and in-depth case studies of modern-era military conflicts, Desch finds that the problems that persist ... Read more
Since 1815 democratic states have emerged victorious from most wars, leading many scholars to conclude that democracies are better equipped to triumph in armed conflict with autocratic and other non-representative governments. Political scientist Michael C. Desch argues that the evidence and logic of that supposition, which he terms "democratic triumphalism," are as flawed as the arguments for the long-held and opposite belief that democracies are inherently disadvantaged in international relations. Through comprehensive statistical analysis, a thorough review of two millennia of international relations thought, and in-depth case studies of modern-era military conflicts, Desch finds that the problems that persist ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801888014
SKU
V9780801888014
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About Michael C. Desch
Michael C. Desch is a professor and the Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security Decision-making at the George H. W. Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He is the editor-in-chief of Security Studies and the author of Civilian Control of the Military, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Power and Military Effectiveness
The novel contribution of the book lies in its qualitative critique of democratic triumphalism.
Alexander B. Downes Political Science Quarterly 2009
Alexander B. Downes Political Science Quarterly 2009