One study that adds perspective to this and the previous works reviewed is Jonathan Fennell's Fighting the People's War. It combines the voluminous evidence of the attitudes of ordinary soldiers on the goals of the war with variations in military effectiveness. The tl:dr is that understanding of goals like the welfare state or (in India's case) independence mattered a great deal to outcomes, and certainly constrained policy options during and after the war.
Excellent review! This is rather off topic but was going through your monetary and banking history reviews and wandered if you had a chance to read the confidence game by Steven Solomon?
I’d definitely recommend it! I’m reading Leon Walsenben’s the rise of central banks after I finished the confidence game and feel that a lot of the gaps in Leon’s work is addressed by Steve Solomon. I particularly think it’s useful for FX/IMFS enthusiasts, there’s a breadth of knowledge and historiography that’s unmatched in that book.
One study that adds perspective to this and the previous works reviewed is Jonathan Fennell's Fighting the People's War. It combines the voluminous evidence of the attitudes of ordinary soldiers on the goals of the war with variations in military effectiveness. The tl:dr is that understanding of goals like the welfare state or (in India's case) independence mattered a great deal to outcomes, and certainly constrained policy options during and after the war.
Excellent review! This is rather off topic but was going through your monetary and banking history reviews and wandered if you had a chance to read the confidence game by Steven Solomon?
No I haven’t… recommended?
I’d definitely recommend it! I’m reading Leon Walsenben’s the rise of central banks after I finished the confidence game and feel that a lot of the gaps in Leon’s work is addressed by Steve Solomon. I particularly think it’s useful for FX/IMFS enthusiasts, there’s a breadth of knowledge and historiography that’s unmatched in that book.