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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 July 2016
      28 July 2016
      ISBN:
      9781316670170
      9781107158214
      9781316611722
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316670170
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.56kg, 280 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.41kg, 280 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
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    Commanding Military Power offers a new explanation of why some armed forces are stronger than others. Ryan Grauer advances a 'command structure theory' which combines insights from organization theory, international relations, and security studies literatures to provide a unique perspective on military power. Specifically, armed forces organized to facilitate swift and accurate perception of and response to battlefield developments will cope better with war's inherent uncertainty, use resources effectively, and, quite often, win. Case studies of battles from the Russo-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War and Korean War, based on new archival research, underscore the argument, showing that even smaller and materially weaker militaries can fight effectively against and defeat larger and better endowed adversaries when they are organizationally prepared to manage uncertainty. That organization often matters more than numbers and specific tools of war has crucial implications for both contemporary and future thinking about and efforts to improve martial strength.

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