The Effectiveness of Military Organizations

Millett, Allan R.; Murray, Williamson; Watman, Kenneth H.

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“…In the strategic studies literature, this is referred to as relating the goals of 'military strategy' (effective use of force) to the higher goals of 'grand strategy' (the country's overall foreign policy). On these points see Millett, Murray, and Watman (1986).…”

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Performance measurement in military operations: information versus incentives

Blanken

Lepore

2014

Defence and Peace Economics

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Section: End Notesmentioning

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Performance measurement in military operations: information versus incentives

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2014

Defence and Peace Economics

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“…11 It is easy to overemphasize technology, or confuse its contribution to power projection with combat effectiveness. For discussions of the continuing importance of leadership, politics, and personnel see, Dupuy (1979) ;Millett, et al 1986;Stam & Reiter (1998a, 1998b; Reiter & Stam (2002); Rotte & Schmidt (2003); Biddle (2004);Lieber (2005).…”

Section: Military Technology: the Onset And Diffusion Of Shock And Awementioning

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The Political Economy of Imperialism, Decolonization, and Development

Gartzke

Rohner

2009

SSRN Journal

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Nations have historically sought power and prosperity through control of physical space. In recent decades, however, territorial empire has largely ceased. Most states that can take and hold territory no longer appear eager to do so, while the weak are unable to expand. Have powerful countries become "kinder and gentler," or has something fundamental changed about the logic of empire? We offer a theory of imperialism and decolonization that explains both historic cycles of expansion and decline and the demise of the urge to colonize. Technological shocks enable expansion, while military technology gradually disseminates, diluting imperial advantage. At the same time, economic development has led to a secular decline in the payoffs for appropriating land, minerals, and reluctant labor. Once conquest no longer pays for great powers, the systemic imperative to vertically integrate production also becomes archaic.

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“…An actor's destructive capacity is the physical effect it can produce given the material resources and war-fighting capabilities of its armed forces. Factors such as training, technology, leadership, military hardware, doctrine, tactics, and operational capabilities all affect the destructive capacity of an actor's military (Biddle 2004;Millett, Murray, and Watman 1988;Stam 1996). The term cost tolerance is defined as the extent to which an actor is willing to absorb the human and material costs imposed by an adversary and to bear the human, material, and opportunity costs of using force against that adversary to achieve its objectives (see Rosen 1972 for a similar definition).…”

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War Aims and War Outcomes

Sullivan

2007

Journal of Conflict Resolution

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Why are states with tremendous advantages in capabilities and resources often unable to attain even limited objectives vis-à-vis much weaker adversaries? The theory I develop focuses on how the nature of a strong state's war aims affects prewar uncertainty about the cost of victory. I argue that the relative magnitude of the effect of military strength and resolve on war outcomes varies with the nature of the object at stake and that strong states become more likely to underestimate the cost of victory as the impact of resolve increases relative to that of war-fighting capacity. I evaluate the empirical implications of this theory against the historical record provided by the universe of major power military interventions since World War II. The results challenge both existing theories and conventional wisdom about the impact of factors such as military strength, resolve, troop commitment levels, and war-fighting strategies on asymmetric war outcomes.

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The Effectiveness of Military Organizations

Cited by 44 publications

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Performance measurement in military operations: information versus incentives

Performance measurement in military operations: information versus incentives

The Political Economy of Imperialism, Decolonization, and Development

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