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Autore: | Serena Chad C |
Titolo: | A revolution in military adaptation [[electronic resource] ] : the US Army in the Iraq War / / Chad C. Serena |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (453 p.) |
Disciplina: | 956.7044/340973 |
Soggetto topico: | Strategic culture - United States |
Organizational change | |
Organizational effectiveness | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Decisions in the post-Cold War period -- The transformation of the U.S. Army -- The invasion of Iraq and compelled adaptation -- U.S. Army adaptation organizational inputs -- U.S. Army adaptation organizational outputs and learning -- The U.S. Army and the post-9/11 international security environment in perspective. |
Sommario/riassunto: | During the early years of the Iraq War, the US Army was unable to translate initial combat success into strategic and political victory. Iraq plunged into a complex insurgency, and defeating this insurgency required beating highly adaptive foes. A competition between the hierarchical and vertically integrated army and networked and horizontally integrated insurgents ensued. The latter could quickly adapt and conduct networked operations in a decentralized fashion; the former was predisposed to fighting via prescriptive plans under a centralized command and control. To achieve success, the US A |
Titolo autorizzato: | A revolution in military adaptation |
ISBN: | 1-58901-800-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457072203321 |
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