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Shaping Strategy: The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment
Risa Brooks
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Description for Shaping Strategy: The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment
Paperback. Drawing insights from both international relations and comparative politics, this book shows that good strategic assessment depends on civil-military relations that encourage an easy exchange of information and an analysis of a state's own relative capabilities and strategic environment. Num Pages: 328 pages, 3 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Good strategic assessment does not guarantee success in international relations, but bad strategic assessment dramatically increases the risk of disastrous failure. The most glaring example of this reality is playing out in Iraq today. But what explains why states and their leaders are sometimes so good at strategic assessment--and why they are sometimes so bad at it? Part of the explanation has to do with a state's civil-military relations. In Shaping Strategy, Risa Brooks develops a novel theory of how states' civil-military relations affect strategic assessment during international conflicts. And her conclusions have broad practical importance: to anticipate when states ... Read more
Good strategic assessment does not guarantee success in international relations, but bad strategic assessment dramatically increases the risk of disastrous failure. The most glaring example of this reality is playing out in Iraq today. But what explains why states and their leaders are sometimes so good at strategic assessment--and why they are sometimes so bad at it? Part of the explanation has to do with a state's civil-military relations. In Shaping Strategy, Risa Brooks develops a novel theory of how states' civil-military relations affect strategic assessment during international conflicts. And her conclusions have broad practical importance: to anticipate when states ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691136684
SKU
V9780691136684
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About Risa Brooks
Risa Brooks is assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University.
Reviews for Shaping Strategy: The Civil-Military Politics of Strategic Assessment
"Risa Brooks develops a novel theory of how states' civil-military relations affect strategic assessment during international conflicts. And her conclusions have broad practical importance."
Spartacus Educational "Shaping Strategy is a major contribution."
Todd S. Sechser, Perspectives on Politics
Spartacus Educational "Shaping Strategy is a major contribution."
Todd S. Sechser, Perspectives on Politics