The Logic of Irregular War: Asymmetry and America`s Adversaries, Berman Ilan
Автор: Womack B. Название: Asymmetry and International Relationships ISBN: 1107589533 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107589537 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In most international relationships, the weaker side cannot do to the larger side what the larger side can do to it. But the lesson of Vietnam is that power does not always prevail. This book explores the role of disparity in shaping - but not determining - international relationships.
Описание: In light of technological advances and multiplying irregular conflicts, conventional wisdom suggests airpower as the ideal, low-cost means of conducting modern warfare—and the air control method adopted by the British between the two world wars seems to back this up. Swift and precise targeting from above was considered more humane, after all, sparing civilians as well as British soldiers during punitive expeditions in unruly colonial regions. But what conventional wisdom misses, and this book makes clear, is how the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) innovative approach actually worked—relying on British airmen on the ground at least as much as on airborne technology to control restive tribes and villages. The RAF and Tribal Control tells the story of these forgotten airmen, the RAF special service officers who, embedded among local populations and indigenous tribes, collected vital intelligence, developed targets, directed air strikes when necessary, and, perhaps most important, provided personal assessments of airpower’s qualitative effects against primarily guerrilla forces.Airpower is a highly technological endeavor. But in wars where the human dimension takes primacy, Richard Newton reminds us that measuring the effectiveness of air actions requires a qualitative approach that is nearly impossible via overhead sensors. And this is where the RAF special service officers came in—airmen who understood the local cultures and peoples, they served as conduits for information and communication between the colonial administration and the tribes and villages. It was their ground-level contributions that made the integration of airpower into the civilian administration of colonies and mandates possible. This first in-depth account of the RAF special service officers’ role brings to light previously unpublished insights. The RAF and Tribal Control fills a significant gap in the history of air warfare. In doing so, the book dispels the notion that airpower alone is effective in small wars and irregular conflicts—and reveals the importance of the “boots-on-the-ground” human component in waging unconventional air warfare, both in the days of the RAF’s vaunted air control and in our own time.
What explains differences in soldier participation in violence during irregular war? How do ordinary men become professional wielders of force, and when does this transformation falter or fail? Regular Soldiers, Irregular War presents a theoretical framework for understanding the various forms of behavior in which soldiers engage during counterinsurgency campaigns--compliance and shirking, abuse and restraint, as well as the creation of new violent practices.
Through an in-depth study of the Israeli Defense Forces' repression of the Second Palestinian Intifada of 2000-2005, including in-depth interviews with and a survey of former combatants, Devorah Manekin examines how soldiers come both to unleash and to curb violence against civilians in a counterinsurgency campaign. Manekin argues that variation in soldiers' behavior is best explained by the effectiveness of the control mechanisms put in place to ensure combatant violence reflects the strategies and preferences of military elites, primarily at the small-unit level.
Furthermore, she develops and analyzes soldier participation in three categories of violence: strategic violence authorized by military elites; opportunistic or unauthorized violence; and entrepreneurial violence--violence initiated from below to advance organizational aims when leaders are ambiguous about what will best serve those aims. By going inside military field units and exploring their patterns of command and control, Regular Soldiers, Irregular War, sheds new light on the dynamics of violence and restraint in counterinsurgency.
--Boaz Atzili, American University, author of Triadic Coercion
Автор: Womack Название: Asymmetry and International Relationships ISBN: 1107132894 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107132894 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Power is real, but it does not always prevail. This book explores how disparity structures international relationships. Beginning at the bilateral level, the relationship between the smaller side and the larger side can be normal as long as the smaller does not feel threatened and the larger can assume that its capabilities are respected. However, the smaller can be tempted to brinksmanship, while the larger can be tempted to bully. Asymmetric conflicts are often stalemated because the limited commitment of the larger side is met by the smaller's mortal resistance. In multilateral situations, asymmetry shapes patterns of uncertainty and attention. In global systems, how hegemons treat their subjects is the unobserved sand shifting beneath their feet as they look toward their challenger. Since 2008, the US has retained primacy but not dominance. The management of asymmetric relationships in a multinodal world will determine how power matters in the current era.
Описание: This book is devoted to the description of the most widely used classifications of the most frequent fractures in clinical practice. For each type of fracture one or several classifications are described.This edition will include new classifications and classifications that have gained popularity in the last 3 years, resulting in 25% new material.
Описание: This book explores the military strategies of the five system-determining great powers during the twenty-first century.
Автор: Brass, Jennifer N. (indiana University, Bloomington) Название: Allies or adversaries ISBN: 1316615030 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316615034 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4909.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Jennifer N. Brass explains how proliferation of NGOs in developing countries has changed the nature of service provision, governance, and state-development in the early twenty-first century. Allies or Adversaries is ideal for scholars, international development practitioners, and students interested in global or international affairs.
Автор: LaRosa Michael J., Mora Frank O. Название: Neighborly Adversaries: Readings in U.S.-Latin American Relations ISBN: 1442226463 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442226463 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 9504.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This thoroughly revised and updated reader traces the relationship between the United States and Latin America from the early nineteenth century to the present. Methodologically interdisciplinary, yet comparative and historical, this collection will benefit all readers interested in the complex and ever-evolving "American" relationship.
Автор: Von Hlatky Stefanie Название: American Allies in Times of War: The Great Asymmetry ISBN: 0199673683 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199673681 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines the decision-making process leading up to the wars of Afghanistan and Iraq from the point of view the United States` closest allies, in particular Canada, the UK, and Australia.
Описание: This groundbreaking book explores how adversaries in world politics can surmount their differences and disputes and start on the path to peaceful, productive relations. Gurtov draws lessons for diplomatic ways to engage, such as practicing mutual respect, paying attention to symbols, and using incentives rather than sanctions to find common ground.
Автор: Brass Название: Allies or Adversaries ISBN: 110716298X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107162983 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Jennifer N. Brass explains how proliferation of NGOs in developing countries has changed the nature of service provision, governance, and state-development in the early twenty-first century. Allies or Adversaries is ideal for scholars, international development practitioners, and students interested in global or international affairs.
Автор: LaRosa Michael J., Mora Frank O. Название: Neighborly Adversaries: Readings in U.S.-Latin American Relations ISBN: 1442226455 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442226456 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 23443.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This thoroughly revised and updated reader traces the relationship between the United States and Latin America from the early nineteenth century to the present. Methodologically interdisciplinary, yet comparative and historical, this collection will benefit all readers interested in the complex and ever-evolving "American" relationship.
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