Creating military power : the sources of military effectiveness / edited by Risa A. Brooks and Elizabeth A. Stanley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : the impact of culture, society, institutions, and international forces on military effectiveness / Risa A. Brooks -- 2. Nationalism and military effectiveness : post-Meiji Japan / Dan Reiter -- 3. Social structure, ethnicity, and military effectiveness : Iraq, 1980-2004 / Timothy D. Hoyt -- 4. Political institutions and military effectiveness : contemporary United States and United Kingdom / Deborah Avant -- 5. Civil-military relations and military effectiveness : Egypt in the 1967 and 1973 wars / Risa A. Brooks -- 6. Global norms and military effectiveness : the army in early twentieth-century Ireland / Theo Farrell -- 7. International competition and military effectiveness : naval air power, 1919-1945 / Emily O. Goldman -- 8. International alliances and military effectiveness : fighting alongside allies and partners / Nora Bensahel -- 9. Explaining military outcomes / Stephen Biddle -- 10. Conclusion / Risa A. Brooks.

"Creating Military Power examines how societies, cultures, political structures, and the global environment affect countries' military organizations. Unlike most analyses of countries' military power that focus on material and basic resources - such as the size of populations, technological and industrial base, and GNP - this volume takes a more expansive view. The study's overarching argument is that states' global environments and the particularities of their cultures, social structures, and political institutions often affect how they organize and prepare for war, and ultimately impact their effectiveness in battle."--BOOK JACKET.