Название: Commanding Military Power: Organizing for Victory and Defeat on the Battlefield
Автор: Ryan Grauer
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107158214
Год: 2016
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 280
Размер: 4,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

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.