1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461432703321

Titolo

Coalition challenges in Afghanistan : the politics of alliance / / edited by Gale A. Mattox and Stephen M. Grenier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8047-9629-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

958.104/73

Soggetti

Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Participation, Foreign

Alliances

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : framing the war in Afghanistan / Stephen M. Grenier -- The Afghan government at war / S. Rebecca Zimmerman -- Warlords and the coalition in Afghanistan / Romain Malejacq -- United States : examining America's longest war / Stephen M. Grenier -- Canada : the evolution of a new Canadian way of war / Howard G. Combs -- El Salvador : exporting security in the national interest / Rebecca Bill Chavez -- Germany : the legacy of the war in Afghanistan / Gale A. Mattox -- The United Kingdom : innocence lost in the war in Afghanistan? / Andrew M. Dorman -- France : vigilant pragmatism in Afghanistan / Nicolas Fescharek -- The Netherlands : to fight, or not to fight? : the rise and fall of a smaller power / Rem Korteweg -- The Visegrad four : achieving long term security through alliance support / Marybeth P. Ulrich -- Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan : the UK, Dutch, German and French cases / John A. Nagl and Richard Weitz -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization : transformation under fire / Jack J. Porter -- Jordan and the United Arab Emirates : Arab partners in Afghanistan / Ariel I. Ahram and Daniel P. Brown -- Japan : a new self defense force role, or not? / Takamichi Takahashi -- Australia : terrorism, regional security and the US alliance / Maryanne Kelton and Aaron P. Jackson -- New Zealand : fostering the U.S.-New Zealand relationship / Robert Ayson -- Pakistan : a tale of two allies / Timothy



D. Hoyt -- Russia : friend or foe on Afghanistan? / Renanah Miles -- Going forward lessons learned / Gale A. Mattox.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the experiences of a range of countries in the conflict in Afghanistan, with particular focus on the demands of operating within a diverse coalition of states. After laying out the challenges of the Afghan conflict in terms of objectives, strategy, and mission, case studies of 15 coalition members—each written by a country expert—discuss each country's motivation for joining the coalition and explore the impact of more than 10 years of combat on each country's military, domestic government, and populace. The book dissects the changes in the coalition over the decade, driven by both external factors—such as the Bonn Conferences of 2001 and 2011, the contiguous Iraq War, and politics and economics at home—and internal factors such as command structures, interoperability, emerging technologies, the surge, the introduction of counterinsurgency doctrine, Green on Blue attacks, escalating civilian casualties, and the impact of the Provincial Reconstruction Teams and NGOs. In their conclusion, the editors review the commonality and uniqueness evident in the country cases, lay out the lessons learned by NATO, and assess the potential for their application in future alliance warfare in the new global order.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830277503321

Titolo

Microbial fundamentals of biotechnology : final report of the collaborative research centre 323, "Mikrobielle Grundlagen der Biotechnologie: Struktur, Biosynthese und Wirkung mikrobieller Stoffe", 1986-1999

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Wiley VCH, 2001

ISBN

1-280-56093-2

9786610560936

3-527-60272-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 pages)

Disciplina

660.6

Soggetti

Microbial biotechnology

Microbial metabolites

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Biological Transport

Membrane Transport Proteins

Metabolism

Anti-Infective Agents

Membrane Proteins

Carrier Proteins

Therapeutic Uses

Proteins

Metabolic Phenomena

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Pharmacologic Actions

Phenomena and Processes

Chemical Actions and Uses

Chemicals and Drugs

Bioengineering

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

The book reports research results from different disciplines.