Datasets

Colonial Military Design Dataset

An original dataset capturing the ethnic composition of British colonial militaries from 1925-1945 across 50+ variables based on research at The National Archives in Kew, England. The battalion-level specified dataset contains information such as the ethnic makeup of the rank-and-file, dominant ethnic groups in the officer corps, the precise location of different units, and more. French colonial military design to be added. 

Making Effective Militaries: 

A meta-analysis of the study of military performance

An original dataset of scholarly articles and books on military effectiveness from 1995-2021, coding the operationalization of “military effectiveness” across studies.