Political Institutions and Military Change: Lessons from Peripheral Wars

by Deborah D. Avant

Book Overview

Even powerful states face disaster if their armies do not adapt military doctrine to meet new challenges. Comparing the cases of the United States Army in Vietnam and the British Army during the Boer War and the Malayan Emergency, Political Institutions and Military Change offers an account of the conditions that help shape doctrine within military organizations.

Drawing on the new institutional economics, Deborah D. Avant assumes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501771647
• ISBN13: 9781501771644
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 180 Pages