Military Assistance

by William H. Mott

Overview

This work provides a theoretical and historical examination of the relationship between provision of military assistance and success in achieving donor aims. Eight case studies, which include the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Vietnam War, are examined to assess four prominent features of the donor-recipient relationship: the convergence of donor and recipient aims; donor control; commitment of donor military forces; and coherence of donor policies and strategies. As an essential part of the expanding body of multidisciplinary international scholarship, this book links history and theory to policy and narrows the gap between economics, political science, and military strategy.

Each chapter refines the relevant features of the observed donor-recipient relationships into a pattern for comparison with other episodes. The final chapter collects the observations, compares them, and develops a set of uniformities that suggest a prototypical, successful donor-recipient relationship, suitable for direct application as a policy paradigm or for theoretical investigation. Mott suggests that both donor and recipient governments can use military assistance as a deliberate instrument of national policy and military strategy to achieve national aims.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567508673
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/30/1999
Series:	Contributions in Military Studies Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

WILLIAM H. MOTT IV has, in a 30 year career in the U.S. Army, observed, analyzed, and managed the behaviors of governments under stress and in control in both Europe and Asia./e While teaching at the British Royal Military College of Science and consulting for international business, he studied and wrote extensively on Defense Industrial Collaboration. In his continuing research at Tufts University, he is focusing on the political-economic relationships between international conflict, economic growth, military intervention, and foreign direct investment.

Table of Contents

Introduction

French Assistance to the United States During the War of American Independence

Britain and the Napoleonic Wars

The China Lesson

America's Ordeal in Vietnam

The First Indochina War

Vietnam—The Interwar Years

The Second Indochina War

The Uniformities

Appendix A: On Law-Like Regularities

Appendix B: British Subsidy Payments 1793-1815

Appendix C: Amounts of U.S. Aid to Vietnam

Appendix D: U.S. Defense Support and Supporting Assistance to Vietnam

Appendix E: Substitutability

Appendix F: The China Lesson, the Korea Lesson, the Europe Lesson

Appendix G: National Security Council and Early Policy