Victory Defeat Or Draw

Author : David Rodman
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782847175

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Victory, Defeat, or Draw by David Rodman Pdf

Three outcomes are possible on the battlefield: victory, defeat, or draw. An adversary may defeat or be defeated by its adversary, or neither of the two may emerge victorious or vanquished. Observers of military history have long tried to identify the variables that determine victory, defeat, or draw. While most would certainly acknowledge that decisions on the battlefield are dictated by a combination of variables rather than by a lone circumstance, many observers nevertheless tend to stress a single variable -- for example, the number of fighting men and fighting machines deployed by the adversaries, or the operational doctrines employed by the opposing forces -- as far more significant to the explanations of these decisions than other variables. This book, in contrast, takes a multicausal approach to the question of victory, defeat, or draw, proposing that a combination of six organizational, materiel, and environmental variables are pivotal to the explanation of decision on the battlefield. Using the extensive history of the Israel Defense Forces, the book examines a sample of eight battles across the ArabIsraeli conflict from 1948 to 1982 in order to determine the collective impact of the six variables on the outcomes of these battles, concluding that this basket of variables captures much of the explanation behind victory, defeat, or draw on the battlefield, at least insofar as concerns the record of the IDF. While the research in this book is aimed primarily at military historians and military practitioners, it is fully accessible to any layperson interested in Israeli military history in particular or international military history in general.

Author : Jan Angstrom,Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134137657

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Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contemporary War by Jan Angstrom,Isabelle Duyvesteyn Pdf

Bringing together leading contributors in the field, this new volume analyzes how victory and defeat in modern war can be understood and explained. It does so by confronting two inter-related research problems: the nature of victory and defeat in modern war and the explanations of victory and defeat. By first questioning the extent to which the concepts of victory and defeat are meaningful to describe the outcomes of modern wars, and whether the contents of these concepts are changing, it then evaluates different theories purporting to explain the outcomes of war and the impact of variables, ranging from technology to culture. The book tackles several key questions: What is the definition of victory in the ‘War on Terror’? What is the meaning of victory and defeat in contemporary insurgencies, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan? Are the counterstrategies that were developed in the mid-twentieth century valid in order to deal with present and future conflicts? With case studies ranging from the Malayan Emergency to the current conflict in Iraq, Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contemporary War will be of great interest to students of war and conflict studies, security studies, military history and international relations.

Author : Giacomo Chiozza,H. E. Goemans
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139501668

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Leaders and International Conflict by Giacomo Chiozza,H. E. Goemans Pdf

Chiozza and Goemans seek to explain why and when political leaders decide to initiate international crises and wars. They argue that the fate of leaders and the way leadership changes, shapes leaders' decisions to initiate international conflict. Leaders who anticipate regular removal from office, through elections for example, have little to gain and much to lose from international conflict, whereas leaders who anticipate a forcible removal from office, such as through coup or revolution, have little to lose and much to gain from conflict. This theory is tested against an extensive analysis of more than 80 years of international conflict and with an intensive historical examination of Central American leaders from 1848 to 1918. Leaders and International Conflict highlights the political nature of the choice between war and peace and will appeal to all scholars of international relations and comparative politics.

Author : Carlo Schaerf,Frank Barnaby
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0677152302

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Disarmament and Arms Control by Carlo Schaerf,Frank Barnaby Pdf

First Published in 1972. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Allan C. Stam
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0472085778

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Win, Lose, Or Draw by Allan C. Stam Pdf

Explores the domestic factors that determine the outcomes of wars

Author : John Snyder
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813156880

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Prospects Of Power by John Snyder Pdf

Genre -- the articulation of "kind" -- is one of the oldest and most continuous subjects of theoretical and critical commentary. Yet from Romanticism to postmodernism, the concept of genre has been punched with so many holes that today it hardly seems graspable, let alone viable. By combining theory with dialectical literary histories of three significantly different genres -- tragedy, satire, and the essay -- John Snyder reconstructs genre as the figural deployment of symbolic power. One purpose of this approach is to reconcile the recent dismantling of representational and classificatory genres with the incipient notion in post-Althusser Marxism that genre is the crucial mediation between history and aesthetics. Snyder extends certain implications of Aristotle, Benjamin, Bakhtin, Foucault, and Serres. He also offers the first antisystem yet comprehensive genre theory to serve as a fully distinct alternate to Frye's formalist and Genette's structuralist schemes. Finally, Snyder's theory of genre as power opens a way to a fundamentally new theory of literature itself: that aesthetic language deployed as power organizes itself as generic intervention. Three historically dynamic configurations establish the range of all possible genres -- tragedy as power politically deployed as mimesis, satire as power rationally deployed as rhetoric, and the essay as power textually deployed as constative rhetoric. Specific analyses developing this important new theory cover a broad spectrum of literature, from classical to contemporary. Other genres, different media, and a variety of subgenres and modes political and religious -- all acquire fresh significance from the elaborations of Snyder's three selected genres.

Author : Marilyn Lake,Henry Reynolds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139468770

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Drawing the Global Colour Line by Marilyn Lake,Henry Reynolds Pdf

In 1900 W. E. B. DuBois prophesied that the colour line would be the key problem of the twentieth-century and he later identified one of its key dynamics: the new religion of whiteness that was sweeping the world. Whereas most historians have confined their studies of race-relations to a national framework, this book studies the transnational circulation of people and ideas, racial knowledge and technologies that under-pinned the construction of self-styled white men's countries from South Africa, to North America and Australasia. Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds show how in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century these countries worked in solidarity to exclude those they defined as not-white, actions that provoked a long international struggle for racial equality. Their findings make clear the centrality of struggles around mobility and sovereignty to modern formulations of both race and human rights.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020094590

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Japan Times. Weekly Edition by Anonim Pdf

Author : Siddhartha Bhattacharyya,Gautam Das,Sourav De
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811904899

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Intelligence Enabled Research by Siddhartha Bhattacharyya,Gautam Das,Sourav De Pdf

This book gathers extended versions of papers presented at DoSIER 2021 (the 2021 Third Doctoral Symposium on Intelligence Enabled Research, held at Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal, India, during November 12–13, 2021). The papers address the rapidly expanding research area of computational intelligence, which, no longer limited to specific computational fields, has since made inroads in signal processing, smart manufacturing, predictive control, robot navigation, smart cities, and sensor design, to name but a few. Presenting chapters written by experts active in these areas, the book offers a valuable reference guide for researchers and industrial practitioners alike and inspires future studies.

Author : Tamir Bar-On
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442234741

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The World through Soccer by Tamir Bar-On Pdf

The world’s most popular sport, soccer is a global and cultural phenomenon. The television audience for the 2010 World Cup included nearly half of the world’s population, with viewers in nearly every country. As a reflection of soccer’s significance, the sport impacts countless aspects of the world’s culture, from politics and religion to business and the arts. In The World through Soccer: The Cultural Impact of a Global Sport, Tamir Bar-On utilizes soccer to provide insights into worldwide politics, religion, ethics, marketing, business, leadership, philosophy, and the arts. Bar-On examines the ways in which soccer influences and reflects these aspects of society, and vice versa. Each chapter features representative players, providing specific examples of how soccer comments on and informs our lives. These players—selected from a wide array of eras, countries, and backgrounds—include Diego Maradona, Pelé, Hugo Sánchez, Cha Bum-Kun, Roger Milla, José Luis Chilavert, Zinedine Zidane, Paolo Maldini, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Neymar, Clint Dempsey, Mia Hamm, and many others. Employing a unique lens to view a variety of topics, The World through Soccer reveals the sport’s profound cultural impact. Combining philosophical, popular, and academic insights about our world, this book is aimed at both soccer fans and academics, offering readers a new perspective into a sport that affects millions.

Author : David Rodman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000934526

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Israel's National Security Predicament by David Rodman Pdf

This book provides a ground-breaking assessment of the Israeli national security experience from the establishment of the country through to the present day. Seventy-five years after its establishment, the State of Israel continues to face an acute national security predicament as a result of the still unresolved Arab–Israeli conflict. This monograph offers a new framework for analyzing this experience, first exploring the crucial events of the past and present that define it, including interstate wars, asymmetrical wars, low-intensity conflicts, and developments in weapons of mass destruction. The book then probes how Israel’s evolving national security doctrine has addressed these various challenges over the years, highlighting the roles of a number of variables: deterrence, warning, and decision; strategic depth and defensible borders; the quality and quantity of fighting men and machines; intelligence; self-reliance in military matters; foreign policy; and the influence of ethnic demography, societal resilience, economic prosperity, and water security. Written in accessible, non-technical language, the book will appeal to general readers seeking an introduction to Israeli security as well as to specialists and researchers in various fields, including Israeli history, Middle Eastern politics, and security studies.

Author : Barbara Krahé
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136177729

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The Social Psychology of Aggression by Barbara Krahé Pdf

The second edition of this textbook provides a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded overview of social psychological research on aggression. The first part of the book covers the definition and measurement of aggression, presents major theories and examines the development of aggression. It also covers the role of situational factors in eliciting aggression, and the impact of using violent media. The second part of the book focuses on specific forms and manifestations of aggression. It includes chapters on aggression in everyday life, sexual aggression and domestic violence against children, intimate partners and elders. There are two new chapters in this part addressing intergroup aggression and terrorism. The concluding chapter explores strategies for reducing and preventing aggression. The book will be essential reading for students and researchers in psychology and related disciplines. It will also be of interest to practitioners working with aggressive individuals and groups, and to policy makers dealing with aggression as a social problem.

Author : Mark Tufo
Publisher : DevilDog Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Indian Hill 6: Victory's Defeat by Mark Tufo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Asia
ISBN : UOM:39015074915797

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Hua i Hsüeh Chih by Anonim Pdf

Contains bibliographies and book reviews.

Author : Dawn Koufakis-Basel Alison W. Smith
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645595922

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Drawing Your Line by Dawn Koufakis-Basel Alison W. Smith Pdf

Drawing Your Line: Setting Boundaries Step-by-Step is a manual for developing the self-respect and empowerment that ultimately allows for the setting of healthy boundaries in various arenas of life. This process involves learning to find, respect, and use your voice to take control of your life. Inspired by their work as life coaches working with women, the authors share their personal successes and failures with setting boundaries to inspire you to make healthy changes in your own life. Chock-full of helpful reflection questions to elicit real growth and self-awareness, this book guides you through a "coaching" experience to help you understand where your boundary tendencies come from and how to make healthy shifts toward a life of freedom and peace. Setting boundaries is not an act of aggression, but rather, an act of self-empowerment through self-love.