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ASIN0691128022 |
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20170105102844.0 |
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130805s2006 xxu eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0691128022 (paperback) |
| Terms of availability |
$30.95 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780691128023 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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0 |
| 050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
U163 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
355.02 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Biddle, Stephen. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Military power : |
| Remainder of title |
explaining victory and defeat in modern battle / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Stephen Biddle. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
[S.l.] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
352 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force employment, or the doctrine and tactics by which materiel is actually used. In a landmark reconception of battle and war, this book provides a systematic account of how force employment interacts with materiel to produce real combat outcomes. Stephen Biddle argues that force employment is central to modern war, becoming increasingly important since 1900 as the key to surviving ever more lethal weaponry. Technological change produces opposite effects depending on how forces are employed; to focus only on materiel is thus to risk major error--with serious consequences for both policy and scholarship. In clear, fluent prose, Biddle provides a systematic account of force employment's role and shows how this account holds up under rigorous, multimethod testing. The results challenge a wide variety of standard views, from current expectations for a revolution in military affairs to mainstream scholarship in international relations and orthodox interpretations of modern military history. Military Power will have a resounding impact on both scholarship in the field and on policy debates over the future of warfare, the size of the military, and the makeup of the defense budget. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Defensive (Military science) |
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Deployment (Strategy) |
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Military art and science |
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Military history, Modern |
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Offensive (Military science) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Materials specified |
Amazon.com |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691128022/chopaconline-20">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691128022/chopaconline-20</a> |
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Book |
