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Blinders, blunders, and wars : what America and China can learn / / David C. Gompert, Hans Binnendijk, Bonny Lin
| Blinders, blunders, and wars : what America and China can learn / / David C. Gompert, Hans Binnendijk, Bonny Lin |
| Autore | Gompert David C. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (601 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/75 |
| Soggetto topico |
War - Decision making
Strategy Military history |
| ISBN |
0-8330-8778-9
0-8330-8780-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures and Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; Blunders; A Brief History of Blunders; Strategic Decisionmaking; Models of Reality; Blunders and Information; Structure of the Study; Conclusion; CHAPTER TWO: The Information Value Chain and the Use of Information for Strategic Decisionmaking; The Role of Information in War and Peace; The Information Value Chain; Information and Strategic Blunders; Technology and the Information Value Chain; Individuals and Institutions in the Information Value Chain
Road MapCHAPTER THREE: Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, 1812; Man of Destiny; The Russia Problem; Planning for the Best; Hunger, Cold, and Cossacks; Flawed Model of Reality; He Could Have Known Better; CHAPTER FOUR: The American Decision to Go to War with Spain, 1898; Looking for the Right War; Late Nineteenth-Century America and Its Ambitions; The War with Great Britain That Wasn't; Targeting Spain; The Decision; The Results; The Decisionmaking and What to Learn from It; CHAPTER FIVE: Germany's Decision to Conduct Unrestricted U-boat Warfare, 1916; Germany's Dilemma; Kaiser in a Corner The Military Prevails-Germany LosesWhy Were the Risks Minimized?; The Worst of All Options; CHAPTER SIX: Woodrow Wilson's Decision to Enter World War I, 1917; Ending American Neutrality; Wilson Hesitates, Maneuvers, Then Decides; Realism and Idealism; Reluctant but Right; CHAPTER SEVEN: Hitler's Decision to Invade the USSR, 1941; Hitler's Momentous Mistake; Reversing Defeat and Gazing to the East; The Decision for Operation Barbarossa; From Victory to Defeat; Understanding Hitler and His Environment; A Flawed Theory of Success; Conclusion; CHAPTER EIGHT: Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941 Imperial Japan Colonizes ChinaU.S. Backlash; Fateful Decision; Moves Toward War; Decisionmaking in Tokyo; Pyrrhic Victory; Japan's Flawed Model of Success; Conclusion; CHAPTER NINE: U.S.-Soviet Showdown over the Egyptian Third Army, 1973; The Makings of U.S.-Soviet Confrontation; The Fate of the Third Army; Anatomy of Decision; Success; Getting It Right; CHAPTER TEN: China's Punitive War Against Vietnam, 1979; Mitigated Blunder; The Road to War; The Decision to Punish Vietnam; Assessing the War; Deng as Decisionmaker; CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979 The Beginning of the EndMonumental Mistake; Mission Creep, Soviet Style; What Were They Thinking?; Failure to Imagine What Would Happen; CHAPTER TWELVE: The Soviet Decision Not to Invade Poland, 1981; Counterrevolution in Poland; From a Reluctant Yes to a Maybe to an Adamant No; Conversion on the Road to Warsaw; The Days and Years to Follow; Were the Soviets Thinking Straight?; Lessons for Strategic Decisionmaking; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Argentina's Invasion of the Falklands (Malvinas), 1982; As Bad as a Blunder Can Be; Argentine Fury and Folly; In a Trap of Their Own Making; Unhinged from Reality Rational but Wrong |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219973703321 |
Gompert David C.
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| Santa Monica, California : , : RAND, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Debating war in Chinese history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter A. Lorge
| Debating war in Chinese history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter A. Lorge |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.020951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LorgePeter Allan <1967-> |
| Collana | History of warfare |
| Soggetto topico | War - Decision making |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-24479-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Peter Lorge -- Righteous, Furious, or Arrogant? / Paul van Els -- Debates and Decision-Making / Shu-hui Wu -- The Debate Between Wang Hui and Han Anguo / Garret Olberding -- Fighting Against Empire: Resistance to the Later Zhou and Song Conquest of China / Peter Lorge -- Debates in the Field During Bayan’s Campaigns Against Southern Song China, 1274–1276 / David Curtis Wright -- As Close as Lips and Teeth: Debating the Ming Intervention in Korea / Kenneth M. Swope -- To War or Not to War: Decisions for War in Late Imperial China, 1870's–1900 / David Pong -- Debating War in China: The Decision to Go to War, July-August 1937 / Parks M. Coble -- Index / Peter A. Lorge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453914803321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Debating war in Chinese history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter A. Lorge
| Debating war in Chinese history [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter A. Lorge |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.020951 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LorgePeter Allan <1967-> |
| Collana | History of warfare |
| Soggetto topico | War - Decision making |
| ISBN | 90-04-24479-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Peter Lorge -- Righteous, Furious, or Arrogant? / Paul van Els -- Debates and Decision-Making / Shu-hui Wu -- The Debate Between Wang Hui and Han Anguo / Garret Olberding -- Fighting Against Empire: Resistance to the Later Zhou and Song Conquest of China / Peter Lorge -- Debates in the Field During Bayan’s Campaigns Against Southern Song China, 1274–1276 / David Curtis Wright -- As Close as Lips and Teeth: Debating the Ming Intervention in Korea / Kenneth M. Swope -- To War or Not to War: Decisions for War in Late Imperial China, 1870's–1900 / David Pong -- Debating War in China: The Decision to Go to War, July-August 1937 / Parks M. Coble -- Index / Peter A. Lorge. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779767903321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Diversionary war [[electronic resource] ] : the link between domestic unrest and international conflict / / Amy Oakes
| Diversionary war [[electronic resource] ] : the link between domestic unrest and international conflict / / Amy Oakes |
| Autore | Oakes Amy <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Politics and war
War - Causes Political stability War - Decision making International relations - Decision making |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8493-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Causes and Consequences of Diversionary War -- 3. Quantitative Results -- 4. A Diversionary War: Argentina’s Invasion of the British Falkland Islands, 1982 -- 5. A Diversionary Spectacle: The U.S. Government’s Expedition to the Utah Territory, 1857–1858 -- 6. The Road Not Taken: When Pauper States Do Not Use Diversionary Tactics -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461988103321 |
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Oakes Amy <1976->
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| Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Diversionary war [[electronic resource] ] : the link between domestic unrest and international conflict / / Amy Oakes
| Diversionary war [[electronic resource] ] : the link between domestic unrest and international conflict / / Amy Oakes |
| Autore | Oakes Amy <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/72 |
| Soggetto topico |
Politics and war
War - Causes Political stability War - Decision making International relations - Decision making |
| ISBN | 0-8047-8493-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Causes and Consequences of Diversionary War -- 3. Quantitative Results -- 4. A Diversionary War: Argentina’s Invasion of the British Falkland Islands, 1982 -- 5. A Diversionary Spectacle: The U.S. Government’s Expedition to the Utah Territory, 1857–1858 -- 6. The Road Not Taken: When Pauper States Do Not Use Diversionary Tactics -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785787903321 |
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Oakes Amy <1976->
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| Stanford, California, : Stanford University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gambling and war : risk, reward, and chance in international conflict / / Justin Conrad
| Gambling and war : risk, reward, and chance in international conflict / / Justin Conrad |
| Autore | Conrad Justin M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.0201 |
| Soggetto topico |
War - Decision making
National security - Decision making Gambling Strategy International relations |
| ISBN | 1-68247-220-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The bet to end all bets -- How weak players overcome stronger adversaries -- Game flow and reputation -- Mistakes, misperceptions, and losing the hand -- Russians and roulette. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794235303321 |
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Conrad Justin M.
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| Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gambling and war : risk, reward, and chance in international conflict / / Justin Conrad
| Gambling and war : risk, reward, and chance in international conflict / / Justin Conrad |
| Autore | Conrad Justin M. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.0201 |
| Soggetto topico |
War - Decision making
National security - Decision making Gambling Strategy International relations |
| ISBN | 1-68247-220-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The bet to end all bets -- How weak players overcome stronger adversaries -- Game flow and reputation -- Mistakes, misperceptions, and losing the hand -- Russians and roulette. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808861303321 |
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Conrad Justin M.
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| Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Report on the legal and policy frameworks guiding the United States' use of military force and related national security operations
| Report on the legal and policy frameworks guiding the United States' use of military force and related national security operations |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : The White House, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 61 pages) |
| Soggetto topico |
War (International law)
Intervention (International law) War - Decision making Military policy |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706115003321 |
| Washington : , : The White House, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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