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On flexibility : recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield /

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-depend...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finkel, Meir, 1968- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Tlamim, Moshe
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.