03257nam 2200637 a 450 991081557130332120230124184421.00-8047-7715-210.1515/9780804777155(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 recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield /Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe TlamimStanford, Ca 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.Military readinessMilitary doctrineMilitary art and scienceSurprise (Military science)Military history, Modern20th centuryTechnologyMilitary aspectsMilitary readiness.Military doctrine.Military art and science.Surprise (Military science)Military history, ModernTechnologyMilitary aspects.355.02Finkel Meir1968-1635151Tlamim Moshe1635152MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815571303321On flexibility3975775UNINA