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Author: Pradeep Barua
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789004243248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Military Effectiveness of Post Colonial States, Barua examines the war fighting capabilities of Nigeria, Argentina, Egypt and India in the post colonial era.
Author: Pradeep Barua
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9004249117
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCurrent military historiography has a tendency to portray the military effectiveness of non-western, post-colonial states in broad generalized stereotypes. This monograph examines the militaries of Nigeria, Argentina, Egypt and India in times of crisis to challenge these assumptions. The book shows that despite having broad similarities, each of these states had unique characteristics that impacted their military effectiveness in different ways. These key variables included the military institutions’ maturity and skill sets, the availability and management of human and material resources, and the quality of both civil and military leadership.
Author: Mark Beissinger
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Published: 2002-01-24
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9781930365087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe contributors not only study state breakdown but compare the consequences of post-communism with those of post-colonialism.
Author: C. M. Kelshall
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-06-17
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781534753846
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA glimpse into the world of post colonial militaries and the reasons why they mutiny. The author suggests that the military is one of many pressure group in a post colonial, civil society. militaries must compete with other social movements and interest groups in order to secure the primacy of military professionalism in the face of established colonial social structures. The story of the 1970 military crisis is Trinidad and Tobago illustrates these perspectives.
Author: Riina Turtio
Publisher: James Currey
Published: 2023-01-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781847013422
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores the fundamental role of the military in state-building in francophone postcolonial West Africa and how former colonial powers sought continuing influence through economic and military aid.
Author: A. Dirk Moses
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-07-06
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 1351858653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is the first, comprehensive and balanced historical account of the momentous Nigeria-Biafra war. It offers a multi-perspectival treatment of the conflict that explores issues such as local experiences of victims, the massive relief campaigns by humanitarian NGOs and international organizations like the Red Cross, the actions of foreign powers with interests in the conflict, and the significance of the international public sphere, in which the propaganda and public relations war about the question of genocide was waged.
Author: Pasi Tuunainen
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-06-25
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 1137446064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book analyzes the multi-faceted phenomenon of Finnish military effectiveness in the Winter War (1939–40). Drawing on a wide array of primary and secondary sources, Pasi Tuunainen shows how by focusing on their own strengths and pitting these against the weaknesses of their adversary, the Finns were able to inflict heavy casualties on the Red Army whilst minimizing their own losses. The Finns were able to use their resources for effective operational purposes, and perform almost to their full potential. The Finnish small-unit tactics utilized the terrain and Arctic conditions for which they had prepared themselves, as well as forming cohesive units of well-motivated and qualitatively better professional leaders and citizen soldiers who could innovate and adapt. The Finnish Army had highly effective logistics, support and supply systems that kept the troops fighting.
Author: Todd S. Milliard
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 210
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Amita Shastri
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-01-11
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 1136118748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text discusses the principal political and constitutional questions that have arisen in the states of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka following fifty years of independence. In Sri Lanka the pressing problems have been around the inter-ethnic civil war, experiments with constitutional designs, widespread prevalence of corruption and the recrudescence of Buddhist militancy. In India it has been corruption, Hindu nationalism and general political instability. In Bangladesh and Pakistan it has been the role of the military, the state and religion. A general theme is an analysis of the malaise that is prevalent and how and why this was inherited, despite the colonial legacy of parliamentary democracy, the steel framework of a trained bureaucracy, the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.
Author: Robert C. Owen
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2022-11-29
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 0813196027
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs it possible for two combatants who possess equally strong air forces to conduct limited warfare by restraining air operations? In Restraining Air Power, Robert C. Owen and contributing authors aim to answer this question by providing theoretical and empirical assessments of restrained air warfare through five historical case studies since 1945. Through an objective analysis of the past, this collection evaluates the principles of escalation and escalation management in conventional warfare scenarios to better understand when, why, and how peer opponents in past conflicts have expanded or restrained air operations. The surge in cyber warfare, the development of artificially intelligent weaponry, and the founding of the United States Space Force in 2019 mean that analysts and military planners must be prepared to think about escalation management and peer conflict in increasingly complicated and arduous ways. This comprehensive study provides readers with refined theoretical visions of the possibilities and challenges of managing escalation as a powerful mode of warfare between opponents who believe they must choose between sacrificing their own national interests or risking escalated destruction of their economies, military forces, and governing authority. The analysis within the pages of this volume updates our understanding of air warfare within a world of unprecedented military complexity and, as such, will hold immense value for specialists in advanced military studies as well as those studying international relations and history.
