"Stephen Biddle's "Military Power" is one of the most important
contributions to strategic studies in recent decades. Presenting a
very powerful case for a very surprising argument on a very
important question, it will be controversial in some quarters, but
critics will be hard-pressed to refute the case."--Richard K.
Betts, Columbia University, author of "Military Readiness"
"Fascinating, precisely written, indeed, brilliant, "Military
Power" is among the most important books ever published on modern
warfare. Stephen Biddle fundamentally rethinks the causes of
victory and defeat in modern war and challenges almost the entire
corpus of scholarship on assessing force capability and the role of
offense and defense in determining war outcomes. Presenting his
argument with power, balance, and subtlety, he synthesizes many
partial historical explanations and provides a basis for
understanding why so many 'rules of thumb' and other explanations
are misleading. A landmark work."--Lynn Eden, Stanford University,
author of "Whole World on Fire"
"Steve Biddle may be the best American defense analyst of his
generation, and this book is quite possibly his career masterpiece
to date. Few are as well qualified as Biddle to weave together
vivid descriptions of the modern battlefield, clear explanations of
historical lessons, a detailed understanding of defense technology,
and a sophisticated use of military models and war games. Biddle
does all these things, helping the reader understand modern warfare
more than does any other book on the market. His argument about
trends in warfare transcends the popular theory that a revolution
in military affairs is now underway. He replaces this theory witha
more convincing, more historical, and less technology-obsessed view
of the modern battlefield."--Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow,
Brookings Institution
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