The dictator's army battlefield effectiveness in authoritarian regimes

A compelling new argument to help us understand why authoritarian militaries sometimes fight very well-and sometimes very poorly. Talmadge's framework for understanding battlefield effectiveness focuses on four key sets of military organizational practices

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Main Author: Talmadge, Caitlin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY Cornell University Press 2015
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs
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Call Number :JC 480 .T35 2015

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