On flexibility recovery from technological and doctrinal surprise on the battlefield / Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim.

Author/creator Finkel, Meir, 1968-
Other author Tlamim, Moshe.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford Security Studies,
Descriptionx, 324 pages ; 24 cm
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Uniform titleʻAl ha-gemishut. English
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010045287
ISBN9780804774888 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804774895 (paperback : alk. paper)

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