Nagl john schoomaker peter (6 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 280 pages. Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In Lea rning to Eat Soup with a Knife, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl?a veteran of b oth Operation Desert Storm and the current conflict in Iraq?considers the now- crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unprepared. Through the use of archiv al sources and interviews with participants in both engagements, Nagl compares t he development of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice in the Malayan Emergen cy from 1948 to 1960 with what developed in the Vietnam War from 1950 to 1975.In examining these two events, Nagl?the subject of a recent New York Time s Magazine cover story by Peter Maass?argues that organizational culture is ke y to the ability to learn from unanticipated conditions, a variable which explai ns why the British army successfully conducted counterinsurgency in Malaya but w hy the American army failed to do so in Vietnam, treating the war instead as a c onventional conflict. Nagl concludes that the British army, because of its role as a colonial police force and the organizational characteristics created by its history and national culture, was better able to quickly learn and apply the le ssons of counterinsurgency during the course of the Malayan Emergency.Wit h a new preface reflecting on the author's combat experience in Iraq, Learning t o Eat Soup with a Knife is a timely examination of the lessons of previous count erinsurgency campaigns that will be hailed by both military leaders and interest ed civilians.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Considers the crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances during the course of conflicts for which they are initially unprepared. This book is a timely examination of the lessons of previous counterinsurgency campaigns that will be hailed.