Serfs, Soldiers, Citizens - Military Effectiveness and the Social Contract

Serfs, Soldiers, Citizens argues that democracies do not have monopoly on qualities or policies necessary to ensure high effectiveness in a military conflict. Under certain conditions, autocracies can have pronounced advantage over democracies in certain types of conflict, especially if the autocratic regime is recovering from a recent defeat.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Social Contract as a Source of Military Effectiveness
Chapter 2 France in the World Wars
Chapter 3 Germany in the World Wars
Chapter 4 Great Britain in the World Wars
Chapter 5 Italy in the World Wars
Chapter 6 Russia in the World Wars
Chapter 7 United States in the World Wars
Chapter 8 Social Contract in a Prolonged Militarized Rivalry
Chapter 9 Into the 21st Century

About the author

Michael P. Jasinski

Product details

• Authors: Michael P Jasinski, Michael P. Jasinski, Jasinski Michael P., Michael P Jasinski
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781666934496
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-449-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies