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100			_aThompson, William R.
245			_aWar, the military revolution(s) controversy, and army expansion: a test of two explanations of historical influences on European state making
260			_c1999
300			_ap.3-31
362			_aFeb
520			_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
650			_aArmies
650			_aWar
650			_aState
700			_aRasler, Karen
773			_aComparative Political Studies
909			_a40668
999			_c40668 _d40668