Das offentliche als verfassung stheoretisches problem / Alfred Binken

• Record Nr.: UNISA990002065470203316
• Autore: BINKEN, Alfred
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : Ducker & Humblot, 1971
• Descrizione fisica: 396 p. ; 24 cm
• Collocazione: XXIV.1. Coll. 1/ 86 (Coll. AVO 152)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Tedesco
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966240103321
• Autore: Serena Chad C
• 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