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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969515603321

Titolo

Measuring national power in the postindustrial age / / Ashley J. Tellis ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, c2000

ISBN

0-8330-4360-9

0-585-38376-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TellisAshley J

Disciplina

355/.0332

Soggetti

Military readiness

Industrial capacity

Industrial mobilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-1110-A".

"Prepared for the United States Army."

"Arroyo Center."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE -- FIGURES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION: WHY THE INTEREST IN -- NATIONAL POWER? -- ÏPOWERÓ AND ÏNATIONAL POWERÓ: -- SOME CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REVIEWING TRADITIONAL APPROACHES -- TO MEASURING NATIONAL POWER -- TOWARD A REVISED VIEW OF -- MEASURING NATIONAL POWER -- MEASURING NATIONAL RESOURCES -- MEASURING NATIONAL PERFORMANCE -- MEASURING MILITARY CAPABILITY -- CONCLUSION -- QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS OF NATIONAL POWER -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Sommario/riassunto

The arrival of post-industrial society has transformed the traditional basis of national power. This book reconfigures the notion of national power, advancing a framework that measures three distinct areas: national resources, national performance and military capability.