The Aftermath of Defeat: Societies, Armed Forces, and the Challenge of Recovery - Couverture rigide

 
9780300058536: The Aftermath of Defeat: Societies, Armed Forces, and the Challenge of Recovery
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0300058535 ISBN 13 : 9780300058536
Editeur : Yale University Press, 1994

Synopsis

When a country is defeated in war, not only are the policies, strategies, and goals of the military affected, but those of society as well. In this book experts in military history examine conflicts ranging from the American Revolution to the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973 and to China's invasion of Vietnam in 1979 to show how the trauma of defeat also affects the evolution of society.

The authors argue that recovery from defeat must be assessed on the level of grand strategy, that ultimate responsibility for recovery rests on the capacity of a nation's top political and military leaders to use their society's resources in order to master the challenges confronting them. Sometimes a nation can rebound from defeat simply by re-forming or reorganizing the military services and the branches of government involved in military decisions. At other times military defeat can have a greater impact on society, leading to the consolidation of the status quo, the disruption of the traditional social order, or increased civilian control over the military. In any case, the leadership's viability often hinges on its ability to detect the inevitable pressures for reform that follow military defeat and to harness them accordingly.

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À propos de l?auteur

George J. Andreopoulos is lecturer in the department of history at Yale University. Harold E. Selesky is associate professor of history at the University of Alabama. Selesky is also the author of War and Society in Colonial Connecticut, published by Yale University Press.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300058535
ISBN 13 
9780300058536
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Éditeur
Andreopoulos George, Selesky Harold E.
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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