Books

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The Dictator's Army: Battlefield Effectiveness in Authoritarian Regimes

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

Routledge, 2017, with Harvey Sapolsky and Eugene Gholz
Fourth edition under contract for publication in 2020

Description, contents, & reviews

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Header image: wreckage of downed U.S. aircraft, Hanoi