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UNISA996396725703316 |
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Autore |
Turner Thomas <d. 1679.> |
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The joyful news of opening the exchequer to the gold-smiths of Lombard-street, and their creditors [[electronic resource] ] : as it was celebrated in a letter to the same friend in the countrey, to whom the bankers case was formerly sent / / by the author of the same case |
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London, : Printed by T.N. for William Place ... and Thomas Basset ..., 1677 |
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Great Britain Economic conditions 17th century |
Great Britain Commercial policy Early works to 1800 |
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Monografia |
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Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. |
Attributed to Thomas Turner. cf. NUC pre-1956. |
Signed: Tho. Turner. |
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UNINA9910777430303321 |
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Autore |
Gray Colin S. |
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Strategy for chaos : revolutions in military affairs and the evidence of history / / olin S. Gray ; with a foreword by Williamson Murray |
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London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2002 |
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1-135-75475-6 |
1-135-75476-4 |
1-280-24222-1 |
0-203-33925-8 |
9786610242221 |
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[19th ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Strategy |
Military art and science |
Military history, Modern |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Book Cover; Half-title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 High Concept; 2 RMA Anatomy: Patterns in History?; 3 RMA Dynamics; 4 On Strategy, I: Chaos Confounded?; 5 On Strategy, II: The RMA Connection; 6 Case Study I: The Napoleonic RMA; 7 Case Study II: The RMA of the First World War; 8 Case Study III: The Nuclear RMA; 9 Strategy as a Duel: RMA Meets the Enemy; Select Bibliography; Index |
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In this volume, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy 'works'.The author explores the RMA hypothesis both theoretically and historically. The book argues that the conduct of an RMA has to be examined as a form of strategic behaviour, which means that, of necessity, it must ""work"" as strategy works. The great RMA debate of the 1990s is reviewed empathetically, though sceptically, by the author, with every major |
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