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On flexibility [[electronic resource] ] : recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / / Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim



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Autore: Finkel Meir <1968-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: On flexibility [[electronic resource] ] : recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / / Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford Security Studies, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
Disciplina: 355.02
Soggetto topico: Military readiness
Military doctrine
Military art and science
Surprise (Military science)
Military history, Modern - 20th century
Technology - Military aspects
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: TlamimMoshe  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 dete
Titolo autorizzato: On flexibility  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8047-7715-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464967103321
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