03457nam 2200649 a 450 991046496710332120200520144314.00-8047-7715-210.1515/9780804777155(CKB)2560000000072236(EBL)683265(OCoLC)714569452(MiAaPQ)EBC683265(DE-B1597)564648(DE-B1597)9780804777155(Au-PeEL)EBL683265(CaPaEBR)ebr10459573(OCoLC)1198930590(EXLCZ)99256000000007223620101021d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn flexibility[electronic resource] recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield /Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe TlamimStanford, Calif. Stanford Security Studies20111 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7488-9 0-8047-7489-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prediction and intelligence : the dominant approach in force planning and its failure to answer the challenge of technological and doctrinal surprise -- Conceptual and doctrinal flexibility -- Organizational and technological flexibility -- Cognitive and command and control (C2) flexibility -- The mechanism for lesson learning and rapid dissemination -- The German recovery from the surprise of British chaff -- The German recovery from the Soviet T-34 tank surprise -- The Israeli recovery from the Egyptian Sagger missile surprise -- The Israeli air force recovery from the Arab anti-aircraft missile surprise -- The slow British recovery from the German armor and anti-tank tactics -- The slow Soviet recovery from the surprise of low-intensity conflict in Afghanistan -- The French failure to recover from the surprise of the German blitzkrieg.This book addresses one of the basic questions in military studies: How can armies cope effectively with technological and doctrinal surprises-ones that leave them vulnerable to new weapons systems and/or combat doctrines? Author Meir Finkel contends that the current paradigm-with its over-dependence on intelligence and an all-out effort to predict the nature of the future battlefield and the enemy's capabilities-generally doesn't work. Based on historical case analysis of successful ""under-fire"" recovery and failure to recover, he identifies the variables that have deteMilitary readinessMilitary doctrineMilitary art and scienceSurprise (Military science)Military history, Modern20th centuryTechnologyMilitary aspectsElectronic books.Military readiness.Military doctrine.Military art and science.Surprise (Military science)Military history, ModernTechnologyMilitary aspects.355.02Finkel Meir1968-1026554Tlamim Moshe1026555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464967103321On flexibility2441517UNINA