| Autore |
Goodspeed Michael
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (226 p.)
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| Disciplina |
355/.009/04
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| Collana |
Studies in military history and international affairs
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| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - History - 20th century
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Arab-Israeli conflict
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| ISBN |
979-82-16-03497-1
0-313-07008-3
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgments and Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter 1-The American Army in Vietnam -- The American Phase of the Vietnam War -- Strategic Factors -- Geographic Factors -- The Communist Soldier -- The American Soldier -- The Nature of Military Service in Vietnam -- The Reserves and National Will -- The NCO Corps -- The Officer Corps -- Drugs -- A War With No Front Line -- The Media -- Firepower -- Tactics -- Big Battles -- The American Army and Its Vietnamese Allies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2-The British Army in Northern Ireland -- Background to the Troubles -- The Characters of the Combatants -- The British Army in Ulster -- The Republicans -- The Loyalists -- Chapter 3-The Israeli Army in the Middle East -- People, Geography and Background -- The Origins of Conflict -- The First War and the Emergence of the Israeli Army -- Traditional Israeli Strategic Considerations -- Geography -- Population -- Time and Space -- Civil Military Integration -- The War in 1956 -- The Six-Day War -- Israeli Morale -- Israeli Equipment -- The Arab Armies in 1967 -- Israeli Attitudes to the IDF and the Arabs 1967-1973 -- Israeli Leadership -- Israeli Discipline -- The Israeli Reserve System -- Women in the Israeli Army -- The IDF's Personnel System -- The October War -- Israeli Intelligence -- The Invasion of Lebanon -- The Intifadah -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4-The Future of Armies -- Leadership-The Human Dimension -- Political Leadership of Armies -- Military Leadership in Postmodern Society -- Leadership-The Officer Corps -- Professionalism, Society and the Soldier -- The Soldier, Efficiency and Traditions -- Armies and Modern Values -- Discipline, the Individual and the Group -- Technology -- Firepower -- Mobility -- Communications -- New Tactical Concepts -- Technology, Mass, Time and Space -- Technology and Training -- Organizations.
Special Forces -- Intelligence -- Administrative Organizations -- Customization of the Administrative System -- Civil-Military Affairs -- Legalism and Warfare -- Armies and the Conflict Spectrum -- Armies and National Temperament -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809909903321 |
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When reason fails [[electronic resource] ] : portraits of armies at war : America, Britain, Israel, and the future / / Michael Goodspeed
