{"product_id":"the-sources-of-military-doctrine-9780801416330","title":"The Sources of Military Doctrine","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine: its offensive, defensive, or deterrent characteristics, its integration of military resources with political aims, and the degree of military or operational innovation it contains. He then examines these components of doctrine from the perspectives of organization theory and balance of power theory, taking into account the influence of technology and geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking at interwar France, Britain, and Germany, Posen challenges each theory to explain the German Blitzkrieg, the British air defense system, and the French Army's defensive doctrine often associated with the Maginot Line. This rigorous comparative study, in which the balance of power theory emerges as the more useful, not only allows us to discover important implications for the study of national strategy today, but also serves to sharpen our understanding of the origins of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry R. Posen is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Security Studies Program at MIT. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRestraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany between the World Wars\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Furniss Award and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award) and \u003ci\u003eInadvertent Escalation: Conventional War and Nuclear Risks\u003c\/i\u003e, all from Cornell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50845277520146,"sku":"9780801416330","price":68.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ab497908-f5a9-4c8b-bd9c-7c34328be9c0.jpg?v=1737346473","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sources-of-military-doctrine-9780801416330","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}