01350pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002500040245014600065260000900211300001100220362000800231520086000239650001101099650000801110650001001118700001801128773003401146180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aThompson, William R.  aWar, the military revolution(s) controversy, and army expansion: a test of two explanations of historical influences on European state making  c1999  ap.3-31  aFeb  aOne school of thought on European state making argues that discontinuous change in weapons and tactics led to the expansion of armies, and, therefore, states. Others argue that decision makers expanded state organizations to make war for its own sake, not simply because the tools of war changed. Although this controversy is not easily resolved, the empirical evidence indicates that major expansions in army sizes over the past 500 years were almost exclusively related to major wars fought over regional and global primacy. Moreover, the leaders in expanding armies were usually the states aspiring to regional hegemony and their principal opponent. This evidence buttresses the argument for drawing a direct relationship between war and state making - instead of emphasizing an indirect relationship between weapons/tactics and army size. - Reproduced  aArmies  aWar  aState  aRasler, Karen  aComparative Political Studies