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Talmadge, Caitlin, author.

Title The dictator's army : battlefield effectiveness in authoritarian regimes / Caitlin Talmadge.

Publication Info.	Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
	2015

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (319 pages) : maps.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	Cornell studies in security affairs
	Cornell studies in security affairs.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: the puzzle of battlefield effectiveness -- A framework for explaining battlefield effectiveness -- Threats and military organizational practices in North and South Vietnam -- Battlefield effectiveness in North and South Vietnam -- Threats and military organizational practices in Iraq and Iran -- Battlefield effectiveness in Iraq and Iran -- Conclusion: threats, military organizational practices, and the battlefields of the future.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Authoritarianism.
	Military policy -- Decision making.
	Politics and war.
	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Political aspects.
	Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 -- Political aspects.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Talmadge, Caitlin. Dictator's army : battlefield effectiveness in authoritarian regimes. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015 Cornell studies in security affairs 9781501700293
ISBN	9780801453472 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9781501700293 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9781501701764 (electronic bk.)