04910nam 2200697Ia 450 991045977280332120211206211446.00-8014-5930-310.7591/9780801459306(CKB)2670000000078955(OCoLC)726824220(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457583(SSID)ssj0000486326(PQKBManifestationID)11325769(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486326(PQKBWorkID)10423763(PQKB)11567410(MiAaPQ)EBC3137962(OCoLC)966836644(MdBmJHUP)muse51895(DE-B1597)478240(OCoLC)979579546(DE-B1597)9780801459306(Au-PeEL)EBL3137962(CaPaEBR)ebr10457583(CaONFJC)MIL760190(EXLCZ)99267000000007895520070730d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOrganizations at war in Afghanistan and beyond[electronic resource] /Abdulkader H. SinnoIthaca Cornell University Press20081 online resource (352 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-336-28904-X 0-8014-4618-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --List of Maps and Figures --List of Tables --Preface --Note on Transliteration --1. Organizing to Win --Part One: An Organizational Theory of Group Conflict --2. Organization and the Outcome of Conflicts --3. Advantages and Limitations of Structures --4. The Gist of the Organizational Theory --Part Two: Explaining the Outcomes of Afghan Conflicts --5. The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan --6. Resilience through Division, 1979-1989 --7. The Cost of the Failure to Restructure, 1989-1994 --8. The Rise of the Taliban, 1994-2001 --9. Afghan Conflicts under U.S. Occupation, 2001- --Part Three: And Beyond . . . --10. The Organizational Theory beyond Afghanistan --Glossary of Terms --Participants in Post-1978 Afghan Conflicts --References --IndexWhile popular accounts of warfare, particularly of nontraditional conflicts such as guerrilla wars and insurgencies, favor the roles of leaders or ideology, social-scientific analyses of these wars focus on aggregate categories such as ethnic groups, religious affiliations, socioeconomic classes, or civilizations. Challenging these constructions, Abdulkader H. Sinno closely examines the fortunes of the various factions in Afghanistan, including the mujahideen and the Taliban, that have been fighting each other and foreign armies since the 1979 Soviet invasion. Focusing on the organization of the combatants, Sinno offers a new understanding of the course and outcome of such conflicts. Employing a wide range of sources, including his own fieldwork in Afghanistan and statistical data on conflicts across the region, Sinno contends that in Afghanistan, the groups that have outperformed and outlasted their opponents have done so because of their successful organization. Each organization's ability to mobilize effectively, execute strategy, coordinate efforts, manage disunity, and process information depends on how well its structure matches its ability to keep its rivals at bay. Centralized organizations, Sinno finds, are generally more effective than noncentralized ones, but noncentralized ones are more resilient absent a safe haven. Sinno's organizational theory explains otherwise puzzling behavior found in group conflicts: the longevity of unpopular regimes, the demise of popular movements, and efforts of those who share a common cause to undermine their ideological or ethnic kin. The author argues that the organizational theory applies not only to Afghanistan-where he doubts the effectiveness of American state-building efforts-but also to other ethnic, revolutionary, independence, and secessionist conflicts in North Africa, the Middle East, and beyond.Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)AfghanistanOrganizational behaviorAfghanistanIntergroup relationsAfghanistanAfghanistanHistorySoviet occupation, 1979-1989AfghanistanHistory1989-2001AfghanistanHistory2001-2021Electronic books.Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)Organizational behaviorIntergroup relations958.104Sinno Abdulkader H.1971-1048044MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459772803321Organizations at war in Afghanistan and beyond2476033UNINA02057nam 2200409 450 991056316000332120230222100748.0(CKB)5680000000036107(NjHacI)995680000000036107(EXLCZ)99568000000003610720230222d2018 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBorderland Studies meets Child Studies A European Encounter /Karol Pereplys, Machteld VenkenFrankfurt a.M :Peter Lang International Academic Publishers,2018.©20181 online resource (196 pages) illustrationsWarsaw Studies in Contemporary History3-631-71210-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.This book provides a comparative analysis of the history of borderland children during the 20th century. More than their parents, children were envisioned to play a crucial role in bringing about a peaceful Europe. The contributions show the complexity of nationalisation within various spheres of borderland children's lives and display the dichotomy between nationalist policies and manifest non-national practices of borderland children. Despite the different imaginations of East and West that had influenced peace negotiators after both World Wars, moreover, borderland children in Western and Central Europe invented practices that contributed to the creation of a socially cohesive Europe.Warsaw Studies in Contemporary History.Borderland Studies meets Child Studies MathematicsStudy and teachingUnited StatesMathematicsStudy and teaching510.71073Pereplys Karol1279763Venken MachteldNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910563160003321Borderland Studies meets Child Studies3015965UNINA