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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966240103321

Autore

Serena Chad C

Titolo

A revolution in military adaptation : the US Army in the Iraq War / / Chad C. Serena

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2011

ISBN

9781589018006

1589018001

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (453 p.)

Disciplina

956.7044/340973

Soggetti

Strategic culture - United States

Organizational change

Organizational effectiveness

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

Decisions in the post-Cold War period -- The transformation of the U.S. Army -- The invasion of Iraq and compelled adaptation -- U.S. Army adaptation organizational inputs -- U.S. Army adaptation organizational outputs and learning -- The U.S. Army and the post-9/11 international security environment in perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Iraq plunged into a complex insurgency, and defeating this insurgency required beating highly adaptive foes. A competition between the hierarchical and vertically integrated army and networked and horizontally integrated insurgents ensued. The latter could quickly adapt and conduct networked operations in a decentralized fashion; the former was predisposed to fighting via prescriptive plans under a centralized command and control. To achieve success, the US A