United States Army doctrine : adapting to political change /
This book argues that the US Army has made four significant shifts in the content of its capstone operations doctrine along a spectrum of war since the end of World War. In 1954, it made a shift from a doctrine focused almost exclusively on mid-intensity conventional warfare to a doctrine that added...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2020]
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| Series: | Palgrave pivot.
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| Summary: | This book argues that the US Army has made four significant shifts in the content of its capstone operations doctrine along a spectrum of war since the end of World War. In 1954, it made a shift from a doctrine focused almost exclusively on mid-intensity conventional warfare to a doctrine that added significant emphasis to high-intensity nuclear warfare. In 1962, it made an even greater shift in the opposite direction toward low-intensity unconventional warfare doctrine. In 1976, it shifted back to an almost exclusive focus on mid-intensity conventional warfare content. This is where Army doctrine remained for 32 years until 2008, when it made a doctrinal shift back toward low-intensity unconventional warfare, five and seven years into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively. Closely tracking each of these shifts, the author zooms in on specific domestic, international and bureaucratic politics that had a direct impact on these shifts. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 144 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3030521311 9783030521318 |