Commanding Military Power - Organizing for Victory and Defeat on the Battlefield (Hardcover)

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. That organization often matters more than numbers and specific tools of war has crucial implications for both contemporary and future thinking about and efforts to improve martial strength.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2016
Authors:	Ryan Grauer
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-15821-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Theory of warfare & military science Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General
LSN:	1-107-15821-4
Barcode:	9781107158214

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