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Measuring national power in the postindustrial age / Ashley J. Tellis ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military readiness.
- Industrial capacity.
- Industrial mobilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The arrival of post-industrial society has transformed the traditional basis of national power. This book reconfigures the notion of national power, advancing a framework that measures three distinct areas: national resources, national performance and military capability.
- Contents:
- PREFACE
- FIGURES
- SUMMARY
- INTRODUCTION: WHY THE INTEREST IN
- NATIONAL POWER?
- ÏPOWERÓ AND ÏNATIONAL POWERÓ:
- SOME CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS
- REVIEWING TRADITIONAL APPROACHES
- TO MEASURING NATIONAL POWER
- TOWARD A REVISED VIEW OF
- MEASURING NATIONAL POWER
- MEASURING NATIONAL RESOURCES
- MEASURING NATIONAL PERFORMANCE
- MEASURING MILITARY CAPABILITY
- CONCLUSION
- QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS OF NATIONAL POWER
- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- Notes:
- "MR-1110-A".
- "Prepared for the United States Army."
- "Arroyo Center."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-4360-9
- 0-585-38376-6
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