Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle

In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries...
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Author: Stephen Biddle
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Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle by Biddle, Stephen

Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle

$120.65

Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle

$120.65
Author: Stephen Biddle
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which materiel is actually used. In a landmark reconception of battle and war, this book provides a systematic account of how force employment interacts with materiel to produce real combat outcomes. Stephen Biddle argues that force employment is central to modern war, becoming increasingly important since 1900 as the key to surviving ever more lethal weaponry. Technological change produces opposite effects depending on how forces are employed; to focus only on materiel is thus to risk major error--with serious consequences for both policy and scholarship.

In clear, fluent prose, Biddle provides a systematic account of force employment's role and shows how this account holds up under rigorous, multimethod testing. The results challenge a wide variety of standard views, from current expectations for a revolution in military affairs to mainstream scholarship in international relations and orthodox interpretations of modern military history.


Military Power will have a resounding impact on both scholarship in the field and on policy debates over the future of warfare, the size of the military, and the makeup of the defense budget.

Author: Stephen Biddle
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 07/23/2006
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.14w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780691128023

About the Author
Stephen Biddle is Senior Fellow in Defense Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He has published extensively in defense policy and international relations, and he has held teaching and research positions in both academic political science and official defense policy analysis.

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