Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War

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How do armies fight and what makes them victorious on the modern battlefield In Divided Armies, Jason Lyall challenges long-standing answers to this classic question by linking the fate of armies to their levels of inequality. Introducing the concept of military inequality, Lyall demonstrates how a state's prewar choices about the citizenship stat

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"Winner of the Lepgold Prize, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University"
"Winner of the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize, Cornell University Department of Government"
"2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List"
"One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2020"
"Winner of the Best Book Award, Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association"
"Winner of the Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies"
"A welcome mingling of the traditions of quantitative and qualitative political science. He sets a rigorous and imaginative methodological standard that others will struggle to match."---Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs
"An inviting and challenging read, one that necessitates and rewards thoughtful investment."---Dr. Larry D. Miller, National Defense University Press
"An extraordinary achievement, providing new ideas about the non-material determinants of battlefield performance, and presenting compelling quantitative and qualitative evidence. It will no doubt shape research agendas on war for many years to come." * Journal of Peace Research *
"The book provides the theoretical basis for an intuitively grasped characteristic of armed forces around the world today and through history. Its argument should inform future policymaking, as well serve as a basis to re-examine past wars."---Axel Dessein, Wavell Room

Author Bio

Jason Lyall is the James Wright Associate Professor in Transnational Studies and associate professor of government at Dartmouth College, where he also directs the Political Violence FieldLab.