Format:
1 online resource (327 pages)
ISBN:
9780511928116
Content:
This book explores the transformation of Europe's military forces as they prepare for global intervention missions.
Content:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Part I: Strategic context -- 1 Towards a sociology of military transformation -- Afghanistan -- The research -- The research focus -- The armed forces as a dimension of European integration -- 2 Europe's new military -- Europe's new wars -- Defence budgets -- Concentration -- Transnationalisation -- Conclusion -- 3 The capacity for autonomous action? -- For the European Union -- Euroscepticism -- The end of NATO? -- Conclusion -- Part II: Operational transformation -- 4 The operational network -- Introduction -- NATO military headquarters in the Cold War -- After 9/11: the new NATO -- The reality of NATO Europe: the example of Joint Force Command Brunssum -- Higher Readiness Forces (Land) Headquarters: the concentration of operational competence -- The NATO Response Force -- The transnational network -- Conclusion -- 5 The operational renaissance -- Introduction -- 'AirLand Battle' -- Follow-on forces attack -- Field Manual (FM) 100-5 Operations (1986) -- Recent developments in operational art -- The centre of gravity -- Conclusion -- 6 Operational art -- ISAF IX -- The 'Commander's Intent' -- Graphics -- Effects-based approach to operations -- Conclusion -- Part III: Tactical transformation -- 7 The empowered brigade -- Introduction -- Size -- Resourcing -- The special forces -- Operations -- Conclusion -- 8 Elitism -- Introduction -- Selection -- Elite insignia: berets and badges -- Collective memory -- The politics of concentration -- Conclusion -- 9 Cohesion -- The problem of cohesion -- Drills -- Battle preparation -- Expert military squads -- Comradeship and collective drills -- Conclusion -- 10 Co-ordination -- Network operations -- Headquarters -- Fires -- The combined brigade: transnationalisation -- Information operations -- Conclusion.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521760942
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521760942
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=605078
