Divided Armies - Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War

How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield? In Divided Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the fate of armies to their levels of inequality. Introducing the concept of military inequality, Lyall demonstrates how a state's prewar choices about the citizenship stat

About the author

Jason Lyall is the James Wright Associate Professor in Transnational Studies and associate professor of government at Dartmouth College, where he also directs the Political Violence FieldLab.

Summary

How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield? In Divided Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the fate of armies to their levels of inequality. Introducing the concept of military inequality, Lyall demonstrates how a state's prewar choices about the citizenship stat

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"A major contribution to any literature that seeks to understand military design or behavior. . . . [Lyall’s] valuable empirical work and data collection - and clear methodology - will provide numerous avenues for further research to anyone with an interest in civil-military relations and conflict.—Max Margulies, Political Science Quarterly"

Product details

• Authors: Jason Lyall
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780691192437
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19243-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Defence strategy, planning & research, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Military and defence strategy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science