On flexibility
Subtitle: recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield
By: Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim
Contributors: Tlamim, Moshe, translator
Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780804774888; 9780804774895
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Surprise (Military science); Modern Military history; Military art and science; Military aspects; Military doctrine; Military readiness; Technology
Work titles: ʻAl ha-gemishut
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prediction and intelligence : the dominant approach in force planning and its failure to answer the challenge of technological and doctrinal surprise; title: Conceptual and doctrinal flexibility; title: Organizational and technological flexibility; title: Cognitive and command and control (C2) flexibility; title: The mechanism for lesson learning and rapid dissemination; title: The German recovery from the surprise of British chaff; title: The German recovery from the Soviet T-34 tank surprise; title: The Israeli recovery from the Egyptian Sagger missile surprise; title: The Israeli air force recovery from the Arab anti-aircraft missile surprise; title: The slow British recovery from the German armor and anti-tank tactics; title: The slow Soviet recovery from the surprise of low-intensity conflict in Afghanistan; title: The French failure to recover from the surprise of the German blitzkrieg.