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A Theory of War, Casualties, and Politics

By: Scott Sigmund Gartner,Gary M. Segura

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A Theory of War, Casualties, and Politics

By: Scott Sigmund Gartner,Gary M. Segura

Considers war initiation, wartime politics, war policies and war termination through the complex roles played by citizen wartime casualties.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107075289

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Strategic Assessment in War

By: Scott Sigmund Gartner

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How do military organizations assess strategic policy in war? In this book Scott Gartner develops a theory to explain how military and government leaders evaluate wartime performance, how much they change strategies in response to this evaluation, and why they are frequently at odds when discussing the success or failure of strategic performance. Blending history, decision theory, and mathematical modeling, Gartner argues that military personnel do reevaluate their strategies and that they measure the performance of a strategy through quantitative, "dominant" indicators. But different actors within a government use different indicators of success: some will see the strategy as succeeding when others see it as failing because of their different dominant indicators. Gartner tests his argument with three case studies: the British shift to convoys in World War I following the German imposition of unrestricted submarine warfare; the lack of change in British naval policy in the Battle of the Atlantic following the German introduction of Wolf Packs in World War II; and the American decision to deescalate in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive. He also tests his approach in a nonwar situation, analyzing the Carter Administration's decision to launch the hostage rescue attempt. In each case, his dominant indicator model better predicts the observed behavior than either a standard-organization or an action-reaction approach.

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Yale University Press

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0300080697

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A Concise History of the New Deal

By: Jason Scott Smith

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A Concise History of the New Deal

By: Jason Scott Smith

During the 1930s, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal carried out a program of dramatic reform to counter the unprecedented failures of the market economy exposed by the Great Depression. Contrary to the views of today's conservative critics, this book argues that New Dealers were not 'anticapitalist' in the ways in which they approached the problems confronting society. Rather, they were reformers who were deeply interested in fixing the problems of capitalism, if at times unsure of the best tools to use for the job. In undertaking their reforms, the New Dealers profoundly changed the United States in ways that still resonate today. Lively and engaging, this narrative history focuses on the impact of political and economic change on social and cultural relations.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139991698

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The Falklands War: Understanding the Power of Context in Shaping Argentine Strategic Decisions

By: Lt. Scott C. Nietzel

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The Falklands War: Understanding the Power of Context in Shaping Argentine Strategic Decisions

By: Lt. Scott C. Nietzel

This thesis uses a historical case study approach to examine the impact of context on shaping decision making during the conduct of war. The case analyzed is the war between Argentina and Great Britain for control of the Falkland Islands in 1982. This thesis examines the relative strength of the belligerents’ positions using the concepts of force, time and space from current operational warfare doctrine and shows that British victory in the conflict was by no means a foregone conclusion. Next, an exploration of Argentine conduct of the war highlights and discusses in detail mistakes and errors in judgment that had direct impacts on battlefield results. These decisions are then traced to the context in which they were made. It is this context, specifically the power of limited war culture and to a lesser extent the strength of the military polity as a constituency, that explains the Argentine defeat in the Falklands.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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178625624X

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Strategic Assessment in War

By: Scott Sigmund Gartner

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By: Scott Sigmund Gartner

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Costly Calculations

A Theory of War, Casualties, and Politics

By: Scott Sigmund Gartner,Gary M. Segura

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A Theory of War, Casualties, and Politics

By: Scott Sigmund Gartner,Gary M. Segura

Gartner and Segura consider the costs of war – both human and political – by examining the consequences of foreign combat, on domestic politics. The personal costs of war – the military war dead and injured – are the most salient measure of war costs generally and the primary instrument through which war affects domestic politics. The authors posit a general framework for understanding war initiation, war policy and war termination in democratic polities, and the role that citizens and their deaths through conflict play in those policy choices. Employing a variety of empirical methods, they examine multiple wars from the last 100 years, conducting analyses of tens of thousands of individuals across a wide variety of historical and hypothetical conditions, whilst also addressing policy implications. This study will be of interest to students and scholars in American foreign policy, international politics, public opinion, national security, American politics, communication studies, and military history.

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1009038672

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Identity in the Shadow of a Giant

How the Rise of China is Changing Taiwan

By: Gartner, Scott,Huang, Chin-Hao

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Identity in the Shadow of a Giant

How the Rise of China is Changing Taiwan

By: Gartner, Scott,Huang, Chin-Hao

Co-authored by four high-profile International Relations scholars, this book investigates the implications of the global ascent of China on cross-Strait relations and the identity of Taiwan as a democratic state. Examining an array of factors that affect identity formation, the authors consider the influence of the rapid military and economic rise of China on Taiwan’s identity. Their assessment offers valuable insights into which policies have the best chance of resulting in peaceful relations and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait and builds a new theory of identity at elite and mass levels. It also possesses implications for the United States-led world order and today’s most critical great power competition.

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Policy Press

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1529209897

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Book's by Scott Sigmund Gartner

Costly Calculations

Costly Calculations

Strategic Assessment in War

Strategic Assessment in War

A Concise History of the New Deal

A Concise History of the New Deal

The Falklands War: Understanding the Power of Context in Shaping Argentine Strategic Decisions

The Falklands War: Understanding the Power of Context in Shaping Argentine Strategic Decisions

Strategic Assessment in War

Strategic Assessment in War

Costly Calculations

Costly Calculations

Identity in the Shadow of a Giant

Identity in the Shadow of a Giant

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