On flexibility recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield /

Finkel, Meir, 1968-

On flexibility recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / [electronic resource] : Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Studies, 2011. - x, 324 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prediction and intelligence : the dominant approach in force planning and its failure to answer the challenge of technological and doctrinal surprise -- Conceptual and doctrinal flexibility -- Organizational and technological flexibility -- Cognitive and command and control (C2) flexibility -- The mechanism for lesson learning and rapid dissemination -- The German recovery from the surprise of British chaff -- The German recovery from the Soviet T-34 tank surprise -- The Israeli recovery from the Egyptian Sagger missile surprise -- The Israeli air force recovery from the Arab anti-aircraft missile surprise -- The slow British recovery from the German armor and anti-tank tactics -- The slow Soviet recovery from the surprise of low-intensity conflict in Afghanistan -- The French failure to recover from the surprise of the German blitzkrieg.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780804777155 (electronic bk.)




Military readiness.
Military doctrine.
Military art and science.
Surprise (Military science)
Military history, Modern--20th century.
Technology--Military aspects.


Electronic books.

UA10 / .F5413 2011

355.02