War from the ground up : twenty-first century combat as politics / / Emile Simpson
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| Autore: |
Simpson Emile
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| Titolo: |
War from the ground up : twenty-first century combat as politics / / Emile Simpson
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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Crises in world politics.