The Sources Of Military Doctrine

Author : Barry R. Posen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801468575

Get Book

The Sources of Military Doctrine by Barry R. Posen Pdf

Barry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine: its offensive, defensive, or deterrent characteristics, its integration of military resources with political aims, and the degree of military or operational innovation it contains. He then examines these components of doctrine from the perspectives of organization theory and balance of power theory, taking into account the influence of technology and geography. Looking at interwar France, Britain, and Germany, Posen challenges each theory to explain the German Blitzkrieg, the British air defense system, and the French Army's defensive doctrine often associated with the Maginot Line. This rigorous comparative study, in which the balance of power theory emerges as the more useful, not only allows us to discover important implications for the study of national strategy today, but also serves to sharpen our understanding of the origins of World War II.

Author : Elizabeth Kier
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400887477

Get Book

Imagining War by Elizabeth Kier Pdf

In this innovative theoretical book, Elizabeth Kier uses a cultural approach to take issue with the conventional wisdom that military organizations inherently prefer offensive doctrines. Kier argues instead that a military's culture affects its choices between offensive and defensive military doctrines. Drawing on organizational theory, she demonstrates that military organizations differ in their worldview and the proper conduct of their mission. It is this organizational culture that shapes how the military responds to constraints, such as terms of conscription set by civilian policymakers. In richly detailed case studies, Kier examines doctrinal developments in France and Great Britain during the interwar period. She tests her cultural argument against the two most powerful alternative explanations and illustrates that neither the functional needs of military organizations nor the structural demands of the international system can explain doctrinal choice. She also reveals as a myth the argument that the lessons of World War I explain the defensive doctrines in World War II. Imagining War addresses two important debates. It tackles a central debate in security studies: the origins of military doctrine. And by showing the power of a cultural approach, it offers an alternative to the prevailing rationalist explanations of international politics. Originally published in 1997. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Harald Hoiback
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136760310

Get Book

Understanding Military Doctrine by Harald Hoiback Pdf

This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective, drawing on military history, philosophy, and political science. Military doctrines are institutional beliefs about what works in war; given the trauma of 9/11 and the ensuing 'War on Terror', serious divergences over what the message of the 'new' military doctrine ought to be were expected around the world. However, such questions are often drowned in ferocious meta-doctrinal disagreements. What is a doctrine, after all? This book provides a theoretical understanding of such questions. Divided into three parts, the author investigates the historical roots of military doctrine and explores its growth and expansion until the present day, and goes on to analyse the main characteristics of a military doctrine. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book concludes that doctrine can be utilized in three key ways: as a tool of command, as a tool of change, and as a tool of education. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, civil-military relations, strategic studies, and war studies, as well as to students in professional military education.

Author : Robert A. Doughty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UIUC:30112003275200

Get Book

The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76 by Robert A. Doughty Pdf

Author : Theo Farrell,Terry Terriff
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1555879756

Get Book

The Sources of Military Change by Theo Farrell,Terry Terriff Pdf

In varying circumstances, military organizations around the world are undergoing major restructuring. This book explores why, and how, militaries change.

Author : William Fontaine Scott
Publisher : Crane Russak, Incorporated
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Art et science militaires - Bibliographie
ISBN : 0844807109

Get Book

Soviet Sources of Military Doctrine and Strategy by William Fontaine Scott Pdf

Author : Harriet Fast Scott,William F. Scott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000312546

Get Book

Soviet Military Doctrine by Harriet Fast Scott,William F. Scott Pdf

The purpose of this book is to document from basic Soviet sources the development of Soviet military doctrine and its impact upon the Soviet Armed Forces. Soviet military doctrine is defined as the military policy of the Communist Party. In one way or another, this policy affects the lives of all of us-as a possible threat to free institutions and political processes as well as to our economic life and well-being. Generally we approach Soviet military policy in terms of military balances and weapons: comparisons in the number of men under arms, the speed of aircraft of the Soviet bloc versus that of NATO aircraft, the number of ballistic missiles and their throw-weights. Studying such balances is of critical importance in defining, to some degree, existing forces. But it is only through a deep and thorough study of the military policy of the Communist Party, which translates directly into military doctrine, that we can obtain the background that might aid in negotiating with the Soviets on arms control matters or in making decisions that will enable those nations outside of the Soviet bloc to deter future Kremlin military moves.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:10935267

Get Book

Military Doctrine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barry R. Posen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801468377

Get Book

Inadvertent Escalation by Barry R. Posen Pdf

In this sobering book, Barry R. Posen demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could, in conflicts among states armed with both conventional and nuclear weaponry, inadvertently produce pressures for nuclear escalation. Knowledge of these hidden pressures, he believes, may help some future decision maker avoid catastrophe.Building a formidable argument that moves with cumulative force, he details the way in which escalation could occur not by mindless accident, or by deliberate preference for nuclear escalation, but rather as a natural accompaniment of land, naval, or air warfare at the conventional level. Posen bases his analysis on an empirical study of the east-west military competition in Europe during the 1980s, using a conceptual framework drawn from international relations theory, organization theory, and strategic theory.The lessons of his book, however, go well beyond the east-west competition. Since his observations are relevant to all military competitions between states armed with both conventional and nuclear weaponry, his book speaks to some of the problems that attend the proliferation of nuclear weapons in longstanding regional conflicts. Optimism that small and medium nuclear powers can easily achieve "stable" nuclear balances is, he believes, unwarranted.

Author : John Gooch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Military doctrine
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021497297

Get Book

The Origins of Contemporary Doctrine by John Gooch Pdf

Author : Ariel Levite
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429710056

Get Book

Offense And Defense In Israeli Military Doctrine by Ariel Levite Pdf

This book discusses the existing literature on military doctrines in general, and offensive doctrines in particular, as well as on causes of their stagnation and sources of innovation. It provides the backdrop for an analytical historical review of Israel's offensive military doctrine.

Author : Barry R. Posen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801470868

Get Book

Restraint by Barry R. Posen Pdf

The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls "liberal hegemony," one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, Restraint explains precisely why this grand strategy works poorly and then provides a carefully designed alternative grand strategy and an associated military strategy and force structure. In contrast to the failures and unexpected problems that have stemmed from America’s consistent overreaching, Posen makes an urgent argument for restraint in the future use of U.S. military strength. After setting out the political implications of restraint as a guiding principle, Posen sketches the appropriate military forces and posture that would support such a strategy. He works with a deliberately constrained notion of grand strategy and, even more important, of national security (which he defines as including sovereignty, territorial integrity, power position, and safety). His alternative for military strategy, which Posen calls "command of the commons," focuses on protecting U.S. global access through naval, air, and space power, while freeing the United States from most of the relationships that require the permanent stationing of U.S. forces overseas.

Author : Bert Chapman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216117568

Get Book

Military Doctrine by Bert Chapman Pdf

This comprehensive volume provides a thorough overview of 20th- and 21st-century military doctrines worldwide. Military Doctrine: A Reference Handbook takes a thorough look at 20th- and 21st-century military doctrines around the world. It excerpts relevant English-language scholarly and governmental literature to paint a picture of how military doctrine has developed in recent history, what military doctrines are currently operating on the world stage, and where military doctrine is heading in the near future. The book casts a wide net, scanning the relevant government documents, international agreements, monographs, journals, conference papers, and Internet resources to present a thorough overview of the importance of military doctrine in today's highly unstable world. Because military institutions are important formulators of national military doctrine and not merely implementers, this book examines the roles played by military organizations around the world. With the proliferation of independent military scholars and the widespread influence of their work in the Internet age, the book also scans the "gray" literature and describes its effects on military doctrine.

Author : Aaron P. Jackson,Combat Studies Institute Press
Publisher : Military Bookshop
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1782664416

Get Book

The Roots of Military Doctrine by Aaron P. Jackson,Combat Studies Institute Press Pdf

From the foreword: "During the 1980s a fable circulated within the US Army concerning Soviet planning for a potential war with the United States. In the most common version, a Soviet general is alleged to have declared in frustration, "It is impossible to plan against the Americans because they don't follow their own doctrine." Many readers of this book will have heard (or said) that "doctrine is only a guide." Indeed, the tactical agility demonstrated by the US Army on the battle elds of Iraq and Afghanistan is due in no small part to a cultural imperative that prizes solutions above all else.While not disputing the value of unorthodox solutions to dif cult challenges, the organizational culture that underpins this perspective has resulted in a widespread lack of knowledge of Army doctrine by com-pany and eld grade of cers and mid-level and senior noncommissioned of cers. Recognizing this, the Army has dramatically reengineered its doctrine to distill the timeless principles into a series of accessible, easily read documents. This process has led to a larger discussion of what should and should not be called "doctrine," and has also included discussion of how we as members of the profession of arms conceptualize warfare. Unfortunately, this conversation has not yet included the bulk of the Army's mid-level leaders. Dr. Jackson's monograph is an excellent contribution to remedy that shortfall. Its greatest value lies in the fact that it forces the reader to reconsider basic assumptions about the purpose and utility of doctrine, and what a nation's military doctrine says about its military institution. Jackson's arguments are well reasoned, his assertions are provocative, and his conclusions are profound. After reading this work, your view and understanding of doctrine will be powerfully enhanced, and will lead to lively discussions at every level."

Author : Austin Long
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501703904

Get Book

The Soul of Armies by Austin Long Pdf

For both the United States and United Kingdom counterinsurgency was a serious component of security policy during the Cold War and, along with counterterrorism, has been the greatest security challenge after September 11, 2001. In The Soul of Armies Austin Long compares and contrasts counterinsurgency operations during the Cold War and in recent years by three organizations: the US Army, the US Marine Corps, and the British Army.Long argues that the formative experiences of these three organizations as they professionalized in the nineteenth century has produced distinctive organizational cultures that shape operations. Combining archival research on counterinsurgency campaigns in Vietnam and Kenya with the author's personal experience as a civilian advisor to the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Soul of Armies demonstrates that the US Army has persistently conducted counterinsurgency operations in a very different way from either the US Marine Corps or the British Army. These differences in conduct have serious consequences, affecting the likelihood of success, the potential for civilian casualties and collateral damage, and the ability to effectively support host nation governments. Long concludes counterinsurgency operations are at best only a partial explanation for success or failure.