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Mercenaries in asymmetric conflicts /
"In Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts, Scott Fitzsimmons argues that small mercenary groups must maintain a superior military culture to successfully engage and defeat more numerous and better-equipped opponents. By developing and applying competing constructivist and neorealist theories of m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; Mercenaries in Asymmetric Conflicts; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction ; Theories and Concepts; Military Performance; The Normative Theory of Military Performance; Neorealist Combat Balance Theory; Methodology; Organization of the Book; 1 The Normative Theory of Military Performance; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS: CONSTRUCTIVISM; THE CORE LOGIC OF THE NORMATIVE THEORY OF MILITARY PERFORMANCE; How Norms Influence Tactical Behaviour; The Role of Norms in the Normative Theory of Military Performance.
- The Role of Military Effectiveness in the Normative Theory of Military PerformanceThe Role of Military Performance in the Normative Theory of Military Performance; HYPOTHESES AND PREDICTIONS OF THE NORMATIVE THEORY OF MILITARY PERFORMANCE; Specific Predictions Regarding the Relationship between Military Culture and Military Effectiveness; Tactical Innovation; Decision-Making Patterns; Military Intelligence and Dissemination of Information; Use of Hand-Operated Weapons; Use of Ground Combat Vehicles; Air-to-Ground Attacks; Maintenance; Combat Engineering; Unit Cohesion.
- Broad Predictions Regarding the Relationship between Military Culture, Military Effectiveness, and Military PerformanceCONCLUSION: ASSESSING THE THEORY'S PREDICTIONS; 2 Neorealist Combat Balance Theory; CORE ASSUMPTIONS OF NEOREALIST COMBAT BALANCE THEORY; Material Combat Balances; Dyadic Combat Balances of Fielded Material Capabilities; Permissive Structural Factor; Combatants Behave Optimally; HYPOTHESES AND PREDICTIONS OF NEOREALIST COMBATANT BALANCE THEORY; CONCLUSION: ASSESSING THE THEORY'S PREDICTIONS; 3 5 Commando Puts Down the Simba Rebellion.
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON THE SIMBA REBELLIONTHE NORMATIVE THEORY OF MILITARY PERFORMANCE; The Norms of Military Effectiveness; Creative Thinking; Decentralized Decision-Making; Personal Initiative; Free Transmission of Accurate Military Information; Technical Proficiency; Group Loyalty; How Well Did the Normative Theory of Military Performance Predict the Dynamics of Conflict in the Congo?; Tactical Innovation; Decision-Making Patterns; Military Intelligence and Dissemination of Information; Use of Hand-Operated Weapons; Use of Ground Combat Vehicles; Air-to-Ground Attacks; Maintenance.
- Combat EngineeringUnit Cohesion; Broad Prediction of the Theory: The Mercenaries Should Have Defeated the Simbas; NEOREALIST COMBAT BALANCE THEORY; The Balance of Personnel; The Balance of Anti-Infantry Weapons; The Balance of Ground Vehicles/Anti-Vehicular Weaponry; The Balance of Aircraft/Anti-Aircraft Weaponry; Why Did Neorealist Combat Balance Theory Fail in This Case?; CONCLUSION; 4 Callan's Mercenaries Are Defeated in Northern Angola; HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ON THE ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR; THE NORMATIVE THEORY OF MILITARY PERFORMANCE; The Norms of Military Effectiveness; Creative Thinking.