On Flexibility: Recovery from Technological and Doctrinal Surprise on the Battlefield

by Meir Finkel

Book Overview

This book addresses one of the basic questions in military studies: How can armies cope effectively with technological and doctrinal surprises--ones that leave them vulnerable to new weapons systems and/or combat doctrines? Author Meir Finkel contends that the current paradigm--with its over-dependence on intelligence and an all-out effort to predict the nature of the future battlefield and the enemy's capabilities--generally doesn't work. Based on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804774897
• ISBN13: 9780804774895
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"