On flexibility :: recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield /

This book addresses one of the basic questions in military studies: How can armies cope effectively with technological and doctrinal surprises--ones that leave them vulnerable to new weapons systems and/or combat doctrines?. Author Meir Finkel contends that the current paradigm--with its over-depend...

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1. Verfasser: Finkel, Meir, 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Tlamim, Moshe
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Hebrew
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, ©2011.
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Zusammenfassung:This book addresses one of the basic questions in military studies: How can armies cope effectively with technological and doctrinal surprises--ones that leave them vulnerable to new weapons systems and/or combat doctrines?. Author Meir Finkel contends that the current paradigm--with its over-dependence on intelligence and an all-out effort to predict the nature of the future battlefield and the enemy's capabilities--generally doesn't work. Based on historical case analysis of successful "under-fire" recovery and failure to recover, he identifies the variables that have determined these
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804777155
0804777152

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