1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910156200503321

Autore

Badiou Alain

Titolo

Black : the brilliance of a non-color / / Alain Badiou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Polity Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5095-1211-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online volume

Disciplina

152.14/5

Soggetti

Black

Color - Psychological aspects

Color - Social aspects

Symbolism of colors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786936003321

Titolo

Military adaptation in Afghanistan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif, : Stanford Security Studies, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8676-3

Descrizione fisica

1 Online Resource 345 p

Classificazione

958

Disciplina

958.104/74

Soggetti

Afghan War, 2001-2021

Operational art (Military science)

Tactics

Military policy

Afghanistankrigen 2001-2020

Krigskunst

Taktik

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Military Adaptation in War -- 2. The Great Game and the Quagmire: Military Adaptation in the British and Soviet Wars in Afghanistan, 1839 –1989 -- 3. Into the Great Wadi: The United States and the War in Afghanistan -- 4. ISAF and NATO : Campaign Innovation and Organizational Adaptation -- 5. Back from the Brink: British Military Adaptation and the Struggle for Helmand, 2006–2011 -- 6. The Military Metier: Second Order Adaptation and the Danish Experience in Task Force Helmand -- 7. Soft Power, the Hard Way: Adaptation by the Netherlands’ Task Force Uruzgan -- 8. Mission Command without a Mission: German Military Adaptation in Afghanistan -- 9. Canadian Forces in Afghanistan: Minority Government and Generational Change while under Fire -- 10. Military Adaptation by the Taliban, 2002–2011 -- 11. Shoulder-to-Shoulder Fighting Different Wars: NATO Advisors and Military Adaptation in the Afghan National Army, 2001–2011 -- 12. Conclusion: Military Adaptation and the War in Afghanistan -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

When NATO took charge of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan in 2003, ISAF conceptualized its mission largely as a stabilization and reconstruction deployment. However, as the campaign has evolved and the insurgency has proved to more resistant and capable, key operational imperatives have emerged, including military support to the civilian development effort, closer partnering with Afghan security forces, and greater military restraint. All participating militaries have adapted, to varying extents, to these campaign imperatives and pressures. This book analyzes these initiatives and their outcomes by focusing on the experiences of three groups of militaries: those of Britain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the US, which have faced the most intense operational and strategic pressures; Germany, who's troops have faced the greatest political and cultural constraints; and the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the Taliban, who have been forced to adapt to a very different sets of circumstances.