William H. Mott Iv

Military Assistance (eBook, PDF)

An Operational Perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

This work provides a theoretical and historical examination of the relationship between provision of military assistance and success in achieving donor aims. Eight case studies, which include the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Vietnam War, are examined to assess four prominent features of the donor-recipient relationship: the convergence of donor and recipient aims; donor control; commitment of donor military forces; and coherence of donor policies and strategies. As an essential part of the expanding body of multidisciplinary international scholarship, this book links history and theory to policy and narrows the gap between economics, political science, and military strategy.

Each chapter refines the relevant features of the observed donor-recipient relationships into a pattern for comparison with other episodes. The final chapter collects the observations, compares them, and develops a set of uniformities that suggest a prototypical, successful donor-recipient relationship, suitable for direct application as a policy paradigm or for theoretical investigation. Mott suggests that both donor and recipient governments can use military assistance as a deliberate instrument of national policy and military strategy to achieve national aims.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781567508673
• Artikelnr.: 68529345

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM H. MOTT IV is a Predoctoral Tutor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He has spent all of his adult life in public service as a military and diplomatic officer, and as a teacher and scholar. In a 30-year career in the U.S. Army with dual foci on Command and Military Diplomacy, he observed, analyzed, and managed behaviors of governments and people under stress and in control in both Europe and Asia. He completed his postgraduate work at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction French Assistance to the United States During the War of
American Independence Britain and the Napoleonic Wars The China Lesson
America's Ordeal in Vietnam The First Indochina War Vietnam--The Interwar
Years The Second Indochina War The Uniformities Appendix A: On Law-Like
Regularities Appendix B: British Subsidy Payments 1793-1815 Appendix C:
Amounts of U.S. Aid to Vietnam Appendix D: U.S. Defense Support and
Supporting Assistance to Vietnam Appendix E: Substitutability Appendix F:
The China Lesson, the Korea Lesson, the Europe Lesson Appendix G: National
Security Council and Early Policy