The diffusion of military technology and ideas / edited by Emily O. Goldman and Leslie C. Eliason.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Andrew W. Marshall -- 1. Introduction: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Innovation and Diffusion / Leslie C. Eliason and Emily O. Goldman -- 2. Heart of the Sepoy: The Adoption and Adaptation of European Military Practice in South Asia, 1740-1805 / John A. Lynn -- 3. Armies of Snow and Armies of Sand: The Impact of Soviet Military Doctrine on Arab Militaries / Michael J. Eisenstadt and Kenneth M. Pollack -- 4. Cooperative Diffusion through Cultural Similarity: The Postwar Anglo-Saxon Experience / Thomas-Durell Young -- 5. Reflections on Mirror Images: Politics and Technology in the Arsenals of the Warsaw Pact / Christopher Jones -- 6. The Diffusion of Nuclear Weapons / William C. Potter -- 7. Revolution and Counter-Revolution: The Role of the Periphery in Technological and Conceptual Innovation / Timothy D. Hoyt -- 8. Military Diffusion in Nineteenth-Century Europe: The Napoleonic and Prussian Military Systems / Geoffrey L. Herrera and Thomas G. Mahnken -- 9. Beyond Blitzkrieg: Allied Responses to Combined-Arms Armored Warfare during World War II / Thomas G. Mahnken -- 10. Receptivity to Revolution: Carrier Air Power in Peace and War / Emily O. Goldman -- 11. Creating the Enemy: Global Diffusion of the Information Technology-Based Military Model / Chris C. Demchak -- 12. Patterns of Commercial Diffusion / John Arquilla -- 13. Conclusion: The Diffusion of Military Technology and Ideas - Theory and Practice / Emily O. Goldman and Andrew L. Ross.