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Military adaptation in war with fear of change

"Military Adaptation in War addresses one of the most persistent, yet rarely examined, problems that military organizations confront: namely, the problem of how to adapt under the trying, terrifying conditions of war. This work builds on the volume that Professor Williamson Murray edited with A...

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Main Author: Murray, Williamson (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2011
Subjects:
Strategic culture > Case studies
Tactics > Case studies
Adaptability (Psychology) > History
Military art and science > Decision making > Case studies
Operational art (Military science) > Case studies
Organizational effectiveness > Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: the background to military adaptation
  • 2. The historical framework of adaptation
  • 3. Complex adaptation: the Western front 1914-1918
  • 4. Flawed adaptation: German adaptation: the opening battles of World War II
  • 5. The battle for the British Isles: June 1940-May 1941
  • 6. Adaptation in the air war: RAF bomber command and Luftwaffe's air defenses (15 May 1940-7 May 1945)
  • 7. The 1973 Yom Kippur War
  • 8. Conclusion: adaptation and the future

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