United States Military Assistance

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United States Military Assistance An Empirical Perspective

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William H. Mott

Book Code: GM1704

ISBN: 0-313-31704-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31704-0

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384 pages, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 5/30/2002

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Contributions in Military Studies

Series Number: 218

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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

LC Card Number: 2001058342

LCC Class: UA12

Dewey Class: 355


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