POLS 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Military Technology, War Economy, Eurocentrism
10 Mar 2016
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Global: ideological struggle, transcends state boundaries, transnational interaction. Additionally nuclear explosions were global (constant threat) (cid:1) (cid:1) Systemic: power struggle, military action, actual movement, economic and military stable balance vs unstable balance. Regional proxy wars, un/ diplomacy, role of allies, how states respond to perceived threats, escalation dynamics. Internal strength (military and economic) vs external (allies) (cid:1) (cid:1) National/domestic: shift in attitudes of american congress versus in the 1930"s, bureaucratic politics, offensive military doctrine, role of. Congress, public opinion, media, religion, cultural stereotypes, (cid:1) (cid:1) Individual: personal characteristics of decision makers, cognitive approaches and rationality (stress, fatigue) misperceptions, historical analogies (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Opportunity costs of war directly related to gains of globalization (cid:1) 3 things to watch for: alliance systems security commitments between states. Some allies don"t want to be called upon conflicts that don"t suit their interests. Precursors of globalization, major development in warfare.
