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UNINA9910457898303321 |
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Ledwidge Frank |
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Losing small wars [[electronic resource] ] : British military failure in Iraq and Afghanstan / / Frank Ledwidge |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
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1-283-27990-8 |
9786613279903 |
0-300-18022-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Participation, British |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 - Campaigns - Iraq - Baṣrah |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Participation, British |
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Campaigns - Afghanistan - Helmand River Valley |
Strategic culture - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Armed Forces Management |
Great Britain Military policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-298) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: 'Ridiculous Expectations' -- Chapter 2: 'Defeated, Pure and Simple' -- Chapter 3: 'Where's Helmand?' -- Chapter 4: 'A Bleeding Ulcer' -- Chapter 5: Dereliction of Duty: The Generals and Strategy -- Chapter 6: Cracking On: British Military Culture and Doctrine -- Chapter 7: 'Tactics without Strategy?' The Counterinsurgency Conundrum -- Chapter 8: Doing No Harm? The Question of Force -- Chapter 9: Civvies -- Chapter 10: Bad Influences -- Chapter 11: Opening Networks -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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Partly on the strength of their apparent success in insurgencies such as Malaya and Northern Ireland, the British armed forces have long been perceived as world class, if not world beating. However, their recent |
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performance in Iraq and Afghanistan is widely seen as-at best-disappointing; under British control Basra degenerated into a lawless city riven with internecine violence, while tactical mistakes and strategic incompetence in Helmand Province resulted in heavy civilian and military casualties and a climate of violence and insecurity. In both cases the British were eventually and humiliatingly bailed out by the US army.In this thoughtful and compellingly readable book, Frank Ledwidge examines the British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking how and why it went so wrong. With the aid of copious research, interviews with senior officers, and his own personal experiences, he looks in detail at the failures of strategic thinking and culture that led to defeat in Britain's latest "small wars." This is an eye-opening analysis of the causes of military failure, and its enormous costs. |
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UNINA9910783325603321 |
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Developing good practice in children's services [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Vicky White and John Harris |
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London ; ; New York, : J. Kingsley Publishers, 2004 |
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1-280-30311-5 |
9786610303113 |
1-4237-1028-2 |
1-84642-078-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HarrisJohn <1952-> |
WhiteVicky <1959-> |
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Child welfare - Great Britain |
Children - Services for - Great Britain |
Social work with children - Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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UNINA9910820252503321 |
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Brown John Sloan <1949-> |
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Draftee Division : the 88th Infantry Division in World War II / / John Sloan Brown |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1986 |
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©1986 |
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0-8131-8588-2 |
0-8131-6226-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (254 p.) |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Regimental histories - United States |
Draftees - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p. [213]-220. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Draftee Divisions: The Historical Roots; 2. Personnel and Personnel Utilization: Bureaucratic Roulette; 3. Training: Honing the Edge; 4. Logistics: The Strongest Card; 5. The Movement Overseas: Keeping the Edge; 6. Minturno: Baptism by Fire; 7. Diadem: The First Three Days; 8. Minturno to Rome: The Pursuit; 9. Rome to the Alps--and Beyond; Appendix 1. Cumulative Personnel-Induced Training Time Losses; Appendix 2. The Mythos of Wehrmacht Superiority: Colonel Dupuy Reconsidered |
Abbreviations and File NumbersNotes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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The involuntary soldiers of an unmilitary people such were the forces that American military planners had to pit against hardened Axis veterans, yet prewar unpreparedness dictated that whole divisions of such men would go to war under the supervision of tiny professional cadres. Much to his surprise and delight, Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall found that the 88th Infantry Division, his first draftee division, ""fought like wildcats"" and readily outclassed its German adversaries while measuring up to the best Regular Army divisions. Draftee Division is at once a history of the 8 |
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