Military Success

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Otterbein, Keith F.Comment on 'correlates of political complexity'
Otterbein, Keith F.The evolution of war: a cross-cultural study
Naroll, RaoulNatural selection in cultural evolution: warfare versus peaceful diffusion

Associated Hypotheses (5)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Otterbein, Keith F.[There is a] ". . . relationship between the frequency of being attacked and military success" (114)
Otterbein, Keith F.There is a ". . . relationship between frequency of attacking and military success" (114)
Otterbein, Keith F."The higher the degree of military sophistication, the more likely that the political communities of a cultural unit will be militarily successful" (94)
Otterbein, Keith F."The higher the level of political centralization, the more likely that the political communities of a cultural unit will be militarily successful" (97)
Naroll, Raoul"If warfare is the selective mechanism of cultural evolution, then militarily successful societies should tend to be higher on the scale of cultural evolution than militarily unsuccessful societies" (99-100)

Associated OCMs

  1. instigation of war
  2. aftermath of combat