Divided armies : inequality and battlefield performance in modern war /

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"How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield? In Divided Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the fate of armies to their levels of inequality. Introducing the concept of military inequality, Lyall demonstrates...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lyall, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Subjects:
Psychology, Military.
Sociology, Military.
Military policy > Social aspects.
Military readiness > Case studies.
Unit cohesion (Military science) > Case studies.
Discrimination in the military > Case studies.
Psychology, Military
Psychologie militaire.
Sociologie militaire.
Politique militaire > Aspect social.
Armements > Études de cas.
Cohésion des unités (Science militaire) > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > General.
Discrimination in the military
Military policy > Social aspects
Military readiness
Sociology, Military
Unit cohesion (Military science)
Kriegführung
Soziale Ungleichheit
Verhaltensökonomie
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Divided armies : a theory of battlefield performance in modern war
  • The rise and fall of the Mahdi state : a natural experiment
  • Lessons from Project Mars : quantitative tests of military inequality and battlefield performance since 1800
  • Inequality and early modern war : the cases of Morocco and Kokand
  • Forging armies from prisons of peoples : how inequality shaped Ottoman and Habsburg battlefield performance
  • African world wars : Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo on the modern battlefield
  • The battle of Moscow : microlevel evidence.

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