Imagining War: French and British Military Doctrine between the Wars

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In this innovative theoretical book, Elizabeth Kier uses a cultural approach to take issue with the conventional wisdom that military organizations inherently prefer offensive doctrines. Kier argues instead that a military's culture affects its choices between offensive and defensive military doctrines. Drawing on organizational theory, she demonst

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Winner of the 1998 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center at Ohio State University "Kier's book is a welcome and important addition to the growing body of literature concerned with doctrine. The high quality of her work reflects not only a keen understanding of the of the doctrinal process but also a willingness to investigate the archival materials essential for such an understanding."--Robert A. Doughty, American Political Science Review