United States military assistance : an empirical perspective

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United States military assistance : an empirical perspective

William H. Mott IV

(Contributions in military studies, no. 218)

Greenwood Press, 2002

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-350) and indexes

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Description

This interdisciplinary study examines the relationships between the provision of military assistance and success in achieving donor aims in history and theory, based upon an initial proposition that the relationship between donor and recipient is a critical determinant of success or failure. Mott builds upon his previous research of general historical and Soviet case studies which focuses on four initial features of the wartime donor-recipient relationship: convergence of aims; donor control, commitment of donor military forces, and coherence of donor policies and strategies. To this foundation, he adds additional variables, recipient success, and regional efforts. The study presents a pattern for policy development and theoretical analysis in which military assistance is a viable, robust policy option and bilateral relationship with clear set of requirements, features, processes, and predictable results. Mott's primary methodology is the search for uniformities across historical observations through low-level, ordinary, multivariate regressions. He examines a set of 25 discrete and significant U.S. donor-recipient relationships, and analyzes the features of wartime and Soviet relationships in each. Each chapter focuses on U.S. military assistance in a region and refines the relevant features of the observed relationships into a common profile for comparison with other regions. Mott's conclusions about the donor-recipient relationship narrow the gap between economics, political science, and military strategy; link history and theory to policy; and offer new insights into a complex feature of international relationships and foreign policy.

Table of Contents

Preface Concepts and Themes Patterns and Policy of U.S. Military Assistance The U. S. Cold War Donor-Recipient Relationship U.S. Military Assistance to Latin America Military Assistance to The Middle East Military Assistance to The East Asia Military Assistance to The East Africa U.S. Military Assistance: Comparing the Profiles Appendix A: Data Sources and Notes Appendix B: Conflicts and Stability in East Asia and Africa Bibliography Author Index Subject Index

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  • NCID
    BA58922069
  • ISBN
    • 0313317046
  • LCCN
    2001058342
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Westport, Conn.
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 367 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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