The Dictator's Army : : Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes / / Caitlin Talmadge.
In The Dictator’s Army, Caitlin Talmadge presents a compelling new argument to help us understand why authoritarian militaries sometimes fight very well—and sometimes very poorly. Talmadge’s framework for understanding battlefield effectiveness focuses on four key sets of military organizational pra...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 18 tables, 15 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. A Framework for Explaining Battlefield Effectiveness
- 2. Threats and Military Organizational Practices in North and South Vietnam
- 3. Battlefield Effectiveness in North and South Vietnam
- 4. Threats and Military Organizational Practices in Iraq and Iran
- 5. Battlefield Effectiveness in Iraq and Iran
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index