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Preparing for War: Strategy, Power and Military Change
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General Military HistoryInternational Relations
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ISBN10: 0197863892
ISBN13: 9780197863893
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 1 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.31
Height: 1.37 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.57
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780197863893
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Aug 1 2026
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.31
Height: 1.37 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.57
Language: English
The unravelling of the post-Cold War order has intensified geopolitical tensions, driving a global increase in defense spending. Most military organizations are engaged in a process of drastic transformation, trying to scale their activities, learn from contemporary battlefields, and improve readiness. Yet armed forces engaged in such reforms must solve a major dilemma: how to adapt to an uncertain future without losing their current identity, coherence or operational effectiveness. In this incisive and timely study, Olivier Schmitt explores how modern militaries adapt, or fail to adapt, to evolving threats, technologies and political constraints. Drawing on global case-studies-from the trenches of Ukraine to the halls of the People's Liberation Army leadership-he investigates how social expectations, political constraints and organizational cultures collide in the worldwide quest to reform the military. Essential reading for defense professionals, policymakers and scholars of international security, Preparing for War equips readers with the tools to grasp not only the how but the why behind military transformation. In an era of rising defense budgets and shrinking certainties, this book delivers crucial insights into the future of war-and the institutions that must be ready for it.
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