Format:
Online-Ressource (271 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780415821643
Series Statement:
Cass Military Studies
Content:
This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective, drawing on military history, philosophy, and political science. Military doctrines are institutional beliefs about what works in war; given the trauma of 9/11 and the ensuing 'War on Terror', serious divergences over what the message of the 'new' military doctrine ought to be were expected around the world. However, such questions are often drowned in ferocious meta-doctrinal disagreements. What is a doctrine, after all?This book provides a theoretical understanding of such questions. Divided into three parts, t
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction ; PART I Preliminaries; 1 Outlines and sidelines; 2 A history of military doctrine; PART II The anatomy of doctrine; 3 Military thinking: an elusive undertaking; 4 Doctrinal foundationalism; 5 Doctrinal coherentism; 6 On enculturation; 7 Authority; PART III Why doctrine?; 8 The utility of doctrine; 9 Summary and conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136760242
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415821643
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Understanding Military Doctrine : A multidisciplinary approach
Language:
English
Keywords:
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