Political Institutions and Military Change : : Lessons from Peripheral Wars / / Deborah D. Avant.
Even powerful states face disaster if their armies do not adapt military doctrine to meet new challenges. Comparing the cases of the United States Army in Vietnam and the British Army during the Boer War and the Malayan Emergency, Deborah D. Avant offers a new account of the conditions that help sha...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms
- 1. The Structure of Delegation and Military Doctrine
- 2. Civil-Military Relations in the United States and Britain
- 3. Vietnam: Why the Army Failed to Adapt
- 4. The Central Intelligence Agency and the Marines in Vietnam
- 5. The Boer War and Malaya: Why the British Army Adapted
- 6. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index