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mass army: a standalone construct

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Military organization studies

a large army of citizen conscripts, linked to nationalism that states promote in order to raise military power.

In military organization studies, mass army refers to a large army of citizen conscripts, linked to nationalism that states promote in order to raise military power. This meaning comes from Posen (1993) in International Security.[1]

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  1. Posen, B. R. (1993). Nationalism, the Mass Army, and Military Power. International Security, 18(2), 80. https://doi.org/10.2307/2539098

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