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Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle

Author(s) -

Lawrence Freedman,

Stephen Biddle

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

foreign affairs

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.497

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 2327-7793

pISSN - 0015-7120

DOI - 10.2307/20034231

Subject(s) - victory , battle , political science , power (physics) , decisive victory , military strategy , political economy , ancient history , economic history , history , law , sociology , politics , physics , quantum mechanics

Preface ix Abbreviations xiii CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1 CHAPTER TWO A Literature Built on Weak Foundations 14 CHAPTER THREE The Modern System 28 CHAPTER FOUR The Modern System, Preponderance, and Changing Technology 52 CHAPTER FIVE Operation MICHAEL-The Second Battle of the Somme, March 21-April 9, 1918 78 CHAPTER SIX Operation GOODWOOD-July 18-20, 1944 108 CHAPTER SEVEN Operation DESERT STORM-January 17-February 28, 1991 132 CHAPTER EIGHT Statistical Tests 150 CHAPTER NINE Experimental Tests 181 CHAPTER TEN Conclusion 190 APPENDIX A Formal Model of Capability 209 Notes 240 Index 325

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