The Transformation Of Italian Armed Forces In Comparative Perspectives

Author : Fabrizio Coticchia,Francesco N. Moro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317013624

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The Transformation of Italian Armed Forces in Comparative Perspective by Fabrizio Coticchia,Francesco N. Moro Pdf

European armed forces have undergone deep changes in the past two decades. Given the breadth of the debate and the size of transformations that took place, it is somewhat surprising that relatively few academic studies have directly dealt with changes in force structure of European militaries, and the Italian armed forces in particular. The focus of this book is the organizational dimension of the restructuring of armed forces through 3 different lenses: doctrine and strategic framework, budget and resource allocation, and force structure and deployment. The key issues addressed relate to how these factors interact in shaping transformation. Of particular interest is the theme of learning, which is how armed forces endogenize change in the short and long run. This study provides valuable insights into the extent to which armed forces manage to adapt to the emerging strategic and operational challenges they have to face and to illustrate the weight of institutional legacies, resource constraints and inter-organizational learning in shaping transformation. Focusing on the Italian case in comparative perspective and based on a large variety of military operations from airstrikes to peacekeeping and counterinsurgency, the book provides an innovative viewpoint on military transformation and significantly contributes to our understanding of contemporary security that is deeply shaped by the lessons learnt in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq and Libya.

Author : Fabrizio Coticchia,Francesco N. Moro
Publisher : Lund Humphries Publishers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1472427521

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The TRANSFORMATION of ITALIAN ARMED FORCES in COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES by Fabrizio Coticchia,Francesco N. Moro Pdf

Looking at the restructuring of armed forces through three different lenses--doctrine and strategic framework, budget and resource allocation, and force structure and deployment--the key issues addressed in this book relate to how these factors interact in shaping transformation. This study provides valuable insights into the extent to which armed forces manage to adapt to the emerging strategic and operational challenges they have to face and illustrates the weight of institutional legacies, resource constraints and inter-organizational learning in shaping transformation. The book provides an innovative viewpoint on military transformation and significantly contributes to our understanding of contemporary security.

Author : Fabrizio Coticchia,Francesco N. Moro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317013631

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The Transformation of Italian Armed Forces in Comparative Perspective by Fabrizio Coticchia,Francesco N. Moro Pdf

European armed forces have undergone deep changes in the past two decades. Given the breadth of the debate and the size of transformations that took place, it is somewhat surprising that relatively few academic studies have directly dealt with changes in force structure of European militaries, and the Italian armed forces in particular. The focus of this book is the organizational dimension of the restructuring of armed forces through 3 different lenses: doctrine and strategic framework, budget and resource allocation, and force structure and deployment. The key issues addressed relate to how these factors interact in shaping transformation. Of particular interest is the theme of learning, which is how armed forces endogenize change in the short and long run. This study provides valuable insights into the extent to which armed forces manage to adapt to the emerging strategic and operational challenges they have to face and to illustrate the weight of institutional legacies, resource constraints and inter-organizational learning in shaping transformation. Focusing on the Italian case in comparative perspective and based on a large variety of military operations from airstrikes to peacekeeping and counterinsurgency, the book provides an innovative viewpoint on military transformation and significantly contributes to our understanding of contemporary security that is deeply shaped by the lessons learnt in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iraq and Libya.

Author : Hugo Meijer,Marco Wyss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192507754

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The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces by Hugo Meijer,Marco Wyss Pdf

The armed forces of Europe have undergone a dramatic transformation since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces provides the first comprehensive analysis of national security and defence policies, strategies, doctrines, capabilities, and military operations, as well as the alliances and partnerships of European armed forces in response to the security challenges Europe has faced since the end of the cold war. A truly cross-European comparison of the evolution of national defence policies and armed forces remains a notable blind spot in the existing literature. The Handbook of European Defence Policies and Armed Forces aims to fill this gap with fifty-one contributions on European defence and international security from around the world. The six parts focus on: country-based assessments of the evolution of the national defence policies of Europe's major, medium, and lesser powers since the end of the cold war; the alliances and security partnerships developed by European states to cooperate in the provision of national security; the security challenges faced by European states and their armed forces, ranging from interstate through intra-state and transnational; the national security strategies and doctrines developed in response to these challenges; the military capabilities, and the underlying defence and technological industrial base, brought to bear to support national strategies and doctrines; and, finally, the national or multilateral military operations by European armed forces. The contributions to The Handbook collectively demonstrate the fruitfulness of giving analytical precedence back to the comparative study of national defence policies and armed forces across Europe.

Author : Michele Nones,Alessandro Marrone
Publisher : Edizioni Nuova Cultura
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788861348790

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The Transformation of the Armed Forces by Michele Nones,Alessandro Marrone Pdf

Information technology (IT) has had, and will continue to have, a deep impact on the defence sector. The most advanced countries, not only the U.S. but also France, Great Britain and Italy, over the past few years have undergone a transormation of their armed forces aimed at exploiting the strategic advantages of IT. The goal pursued in Europe, and also promoted by NATO, is Network Enabled Capability (NEC). That is combining equipment and soldiers, as well as different doctrinal, procedural, technical and organizational elements, into a single network to obtain their interaction in order to achieve substantial strategic superiority. In practice, this also occurs with a strong, efficient and secure telecommunications network, and through netcentric modernization of armed forces' capability and systems aimed at connecting them to the net. This research paper analyzes the military netcentric modernization and transformation programs - still in progress - in France, Britain and Italy, with special focus on the joint program led by the Italian army called "Forza NEC". Opportunities and challenges of "Forza NEC" have been considered according to the Italian armed force's requirements, developed during two decades of experience in international military operations, as well as in the light of the evolution of strategic doctrine at a European and transatlantic level. Particular attention has been devoted to the interaction between industry and the armed forces, and to the involvement of many Italian companies in different "Forza NEC" activities, as it represents one of the pillars of the procurement program.

Author : General Giulio Douhet
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782898528

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Command Of The Air by General Giulio Douhet Pdf

In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.

Author : Society for Italian Historical Studies (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Italy
ISBN : NWU:35556026683227

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Newsletter of the Society for Italian Historical Studies by Society for Italian Historical Studies (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Erik-Jan Zürcher
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789048517251

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Fighting for a living by Erik-Jan Zürcher Pdf

The military, in one form or another, are always part of the picture. This unique and compelling study investigates the circumstances that have produced starkly different systems of recruiting and employing soldiers in different parts of the globe over the last 500 years, on the basis of case studies from Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East and Asia. The authors, including Robert Johnson, Frank Tallett and Gilles Weinstein, conduct an international comparison of military service and warfare as forms of labour, and the soldiers as workers. This is the first study to undertake a systematic comparative analysis of military labour, addressing two distinct, and normally quite separate, communities: labour historians and military historians.

Author : Constantin P. Danopoulos,Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi,Amir Bar'or
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060079020

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Civil-Military Relations, Nation-Building, and National Identity by Constantin P. Danopoulos,Dhirendra K. Vajpeyi,Amir Bar'or Pdf

Contains both theoretical and substantive issues in the field of conflict and conflict resolution.

Author : Morris J. MacGregor
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : 0160019257

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Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor Pdf

CMH Pub 50-1-1. Defense Studies Series. Discusses the evolution of the services' racial policies and practices between World War II and 1965 during the period when black servicemen and women were integrated into the Nation's military units.

Author : Charles Gillespie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Elections
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173024456567

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Electoral Stability, Party System Transformation and Redemocratization by Charles Gillespie Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1322 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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CURRENT CONTENTS by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Walton,Louis H. Masotti
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005199479

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The City in Comparative Perspective by John Walton,Louis H. Masotti Pdf

Author : John Davis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317744535

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Gramsci (RLE: Gramsci) by John Davis Pdf

Antonio Gramsci used the term ‘passive revolution’ to describe the limitations and weaknesses of the 19th century bourgeois state in Italy which permitted economic development whilst thwarting social and political progress. This detailed study consists of seven essays each exploring a different theme of the economic and social basis of the Liberal state, providing a broad understanding of the background against the emergence of Italian fascism and present a number of debates and controversies amongst Italian historians. By critical discussion of Gramsci’s reading of modern Italian history, the essays present an analysis of the structure and development of social and economic relations in the formation of the Liberal state, illustrating the transition from liberalism to fascism.

Author : John Joseph Timothy Sweet
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0811733513

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Iron Arm by John Joseph Timothy Sweet Pdf

- A detailed study of Italy's long-ignored tank force - Explores the intersection of technology, war, and society in Mussolini's Italy - Second only to Germany in number of tank divisions, first to create an armored corps Though overshadowed by Germany's more famous Afrika Korps, Italian tanks formed a large part of the Axis armored force that the Allies confronted--and ultimately defeated--in North Africa in the early years of World War II. Those tanks were the product of two decades of debate and development as the Italian military struggled to produce a modern, mechanized army in the aftermath of World War I. For a time, Italy stood near the front of the world's tank forces--but once war came, Mussolini's iron arm failed as an effective military force. This is the story of its rise and fall.