Who Wins? - Predicting Strategic Success and Failure in Armed Conflict

Why are states with tremendous military might so often unable to attain their objectives when they use force against weaker adversaries? Who Wins? by Patricia L. Sullivan argues that the key to understanding strategic success in war lies in the nature of the political objectives states pursue through the use of military force.

About the author

Patricia L. Sullivan is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Peace, War, and Defense in the Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the recipient of the 2011 SPIA Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2004-2006 Walter Isard Dissertation Award, given every two years by the Peace Science Society International, and the 2005 Dissertation Award from the Committee on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (CAMOS), an affiliated group of the American Political Science Association.

Summary

Why are states with tremendous military might so often unable to attain their objectives when they use force against weaker adversaries? Who Wins? by Patricia L. Sullivan argues that the key to understanding strategic success in war lies in the nature of the political objectives states pursue through the use of military force.

Additional text

Sullivan convincingly argues that war aims of interstate-dispute initiators and internal-conflict interveners play a more determinative role in who wins an armed conflict than most factors conventionally considered... Qualitative and quantitative data provide supporting evidence, creating a good example of mixed-methods research. Sullivan writes clearly throughout, making the book accessible beyond scholars and practitioners... Sullivan has written a thought-provoking book that opens new avenues of research.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Sullivan, Patricia (Assistant Professor of Politic Sullivan, Sullivan Patricia
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2012
• EAN: 9780199878338
• ISBN: 978-0-19-987833-8
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Internationale Beziehungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, History - Military / War, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science