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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220083403321

Autore

Gerwehr Scott <1968->

Titolo

Unweaving the web : deception and adaptation in future urban operations / / Scott Gerwehr, Russell W. Glenn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand, 2002

ISBN

1-282-28305-7

9786612283055

0-8330-3389-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GlennRussell W

Disciplina

355.4/26

Soggetti

Urban warfare

Deception (Military science)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"United States Army."

"MR-1495-A."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-78).

Nota di contenuto

PREFACE; CONTENTS; CHARTS AND FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two OBJECTIVES OF THIS REPORT; Chapter Three LESSONS ON DECEPTION FROM ANIMAL BIOLOGY; OVERVIEW: DRAWING LESSONS FROM NATURE; APPLYING INSIGHTS FROM BIOLOGY TO URBAN OPERATIONS; IS MILITARY DECEPTION LIKE ANIMAL DECEPTION?; USEFUL INSIGHTS FROM ANIMAL DECEPTION; Chapter Four A FRAMEWORK FOR DECEPTION ANALYSIS; TOWARD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DECEPTION; THREE PERSPECTIVES ON DECEPTION; AGGREGATING DECEPTIONS FOR GREATER EFFECT; COUNTERDECEPTION

Chapter Five A COEVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE OF DECEPTION AND COUNTERDECEPTIONDECEPTION AS ADAPTATION; COUNTERDECEPTION AS COUNTERADAPTATION; Chapter Six CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the realization that an urban environment can intensify the effects of deception in military operations, many important research questions remain unanswered, and even unasked. The authors use the well-developed literature on deception in animal biology to begin asking and answering those questions.  This was done with the aim of



improving the ability of U.S. forces to both conduct friendly deception and counter adversary deception in urban operations of all sorts.  Using animal biology and military science as the source materials, the authors undertook to elaborate on existing deceptio