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International Security
International Security is America's leading peer-reviewed journal of security affairs.
Overview
Risa Brooks of Northwestern University reviews two books on regime type and military effectiveness: Arabs at War, by Kenneth Pollack, and Democracies at War, by Dan Reiter and Allan Stam. Brooks commends the authors for their ambitious efforts to explain why states win and lose wars. She argues, however, that major conceptual and methodological weaknesses undermine the main findings of both books.
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Brooks, Risa. “Making Military Might: Why Do States Fail and Succeed? A Review Essay.” Fall 2003
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