Books

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The Dictator's Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes
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Cornell University Press, 2015

Named to Foreign Affairs' "Best Books of 2016" List

Winner of the 2017 Best Book Award,
International Security Studies Section,  International Studies Association

Description, contents, & reviews
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Reviews & response in H-Diplo Roundtable
Review in Journal of Strategic Studies
Review in Foreign Affairs
Review in Perspectives on Politics
 Review in Journal of Politics
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U.S. Defense Politics: The Origins of Security Policy
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   Routledge, 2021, with Harvey Sapolsky and Eugene Gholz

   Description, contents, & reviews

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Emerging Technologies and International Stability 

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Routledge, 2021, with Todd Sechser and Neil Narang

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Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World
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   Chapter: "The U.S.-China Nuclear Relationship"
   Brookings Institution Press, 2021
   Editors: Tarun Chhabra, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, Emilie Kimball

   Description & blurbs

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Header image: wreckage of U.S. aircraft, Vietnam