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• The author is indebted to many RAND colleagues whose research and ideas have influenced his, especially Paul Davis, Nanette Gantz, Robert Howe, Richard Kugler, Bruce Nardulli and Kenneth Watman. The contents and the views expressed here are not necessarily endorsed by The RAND Corporation or any of its research sponsors. The research was supported in part by RAND and in part by The Ford Foundation. An earlier version of this Paper will appear in Lawrence Freedman (ed.), Military Power in Europe: Essays in Memory of Jonathan Alford (London: Macmillan, forthcoming).
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