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Command : the twenty-first-century general /

In the wake of the troubled campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, military decision making appears to be in crisis and generals have been subjected to intense and sustained public criticism. Taking these interventions as a starting point, Anthony King examines the transformation of military command in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Anthony, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Command of troops > History > 21st century.
HISTORY / Military / General.
Table of Contents:
  • Command in the twenty-first century
  • The division
  • Defining command
  • Twentieth-century operations
  • Twentieth-century commander
  • Leadership
  • The counter-insurgents
  • Kandahar
  • The march up
  • The new headquarters
  • Distributing command
  • The decision point
  • The crisis
  • The command collective.