Creating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organizations. Unlike most

The U.S. military has been continuously engaged in foreign conflicts for over two decades. The strains that these deployments, the associated increases in opera

This book studies the impact of cultural factors on the course of military innovations. One would expect that countries accustomed to similar technologies would

World War III has yet to happen, and yet material evidence of this conflict is strewn everywhere: resting at the bottom of the ocean, rusting in deserts, and fl

Despite the decline in the number of military coups since the 1960s and 1970s, Militaries continue to be crucial political actors in many world regions. Their i