On flexibility [[electronic resource] ] : recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / / Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim
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Finkel Meir <1968->
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| Titolo: |
On flexibility [[electronic resource] ] : recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / / Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim
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| 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
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-7715-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464967103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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