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UNINA9910966240103321 |
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Serena Chad C |
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Titolo |
A revolution in military adaptation : the US Army in the Iraq War / / Chad C. Serena |
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Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2011 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (453 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Strategic culture - United States |
Organizational change |
Organizational effectiveness |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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