Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

War from the ground up : twenty-first century combat as politics / / Emile Simpson



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Simpson Emile Visualizza persona
Titolo: War from the ground up : twenty-first century combat as politics / / Emile Simpson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2013
©2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
Disciplina: 355.02
Soggetto topico: Strategy
Politics and war
Counterinsurgency - Political aspects
Counterinsurgency - Afghanistan
Insurgency
Afghan War, 2001-2021 - Political aspects
Operational art (Military science)
Civil-military relations
Strategic culture
Soggetto geografico: Afghanistan Politics and government 2001-2021
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Language of War; 2. Clausewitzian War and Contemporary Conflict; 3. Globalisation and Contemporary Conflict; 4. Strategic Dialogue and Political Choice; 5. Liberal Powers and Strategic Dialogue; 6. Pragmatism and Operational Thought; 7. British Strategy in the Borneo Confrontation 1962-6; 8. Strategic Narrative; 9. Ethos, Vision and Confidence in Strategic Narrative; Conclusion: Contemporary Strategic Thought; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Sommario/riassunto: This is a philosophical treatise on war written by an Oxford grad who served in Afghanistan.
Titolo autorizzato: War from the ground up  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-933353-X
0-19-936535-0
0-19-936547-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828294203321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Serie: Crises in world politics.