11: Discorsi di varia filosofia. 1 / Benedetto Croce

• Record Nr.: UNISA990001442010203316
• Autore: CROCE, Benedetto <1866-1952>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bari : Laterza, 1945
• Descrizione fisica: VIII, 302 p., 1 carta di tav. : ill. ; 21 cm
• Collocazione: II.1.D. 6387 2.11(IV A 527/11)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The new counterinsurgency era [[electronic resource] ] : transforming the U.S. military for modern wars / / David Ucko ; foreword by John A. Nagl

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791258303321
• Autore: Ucko David H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-58901-728-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.02/180973
• Soggetti: Counterinsurgency - United States; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Military planning - United States; United States Military policy
• 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 (p. 219-243) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; 1 Framing the Reorientation; 2 A Troubled History; 3 Revisiting Counterinsurgency; 4 Innovation under Fire; 5 Counterinsurgency and the QDR; 6 FM 3-24 and Operation Fardh Al-; Qanoon; 7 The Ambivalence of the "Surge"; 8 Innovation or Inertia; Conclusion: Kicking the Counterinsurgency Syndrome?; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to ""re-learn"" counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? Has it learned anything from past failures? In The New Counterinsurgency Era, David Ucko examines DoD's institutional obstacles and initially slow response to a changing strategic reality. Ucko also suggests how the military can better prepare for the unique challenges of modern warfare, where it is charged with everything from providing security to supportin