If Alexander Didn’t Exist: Refining Lee L. Brice’s Analysis of Philip II’s Revolution in Military Affairs
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Van Duin, Sophie
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense
- Abstract
- In Lee L. Brice’s article, “Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Question of a Macedonian ‘Revolution in Military Affairs,’” he begins by defining the conditions necessary for a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) to occur, and then investigates whether Philip II of Macedon fulfilled those conditions. He concludes that “Philip did initiate a major RMA that his son saw through to fruition” but that, although he “came so close,” he did not fully achieve a major RMA within his own reign.1 That Philip and his son revolutionized warfare together is inarguable to this author. However, the far more interesting question is: If Alexander was never born, can the argument be made against Brice that Philip achieved a major RMA regardless? The answer is yes.
- Date of publication
- 2022
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- Resource type
- Article
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- In Copyright
- Journal title
- The Journal of Foreign Affairs at Carolina
- Journal volume
- 8
- Journal issue
- 1
- Page start
- 7
- Page end
- 15
- Language
- English
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