Military Operational Planning and Strategic Moves (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

This book employs game theory to warfare and in particular to military operations. It aims at scrutinizing the validity of the two ideas that have governed the literature on war and warfighting: One is the Clausewitzian Fog of War, which suggests that he who is able to "see" through the gunsmoke and observe his opponent's moves before he has to commit to some strategy himself, should be able to gain an advantage over that enemy; the other is the tradition of understanding military conflict as a zero-sum game. Combined, these ideas seem to imply that war always gives rise to a second-mover advantage. This book questions the validity of this presumption at the operational level of military planning. It provides a simple but rigorous game-theoretic framework in order to analyse operational alternatives for a whole range of typical conflicts Western military forces are facing, including the most recent ones such as Anti-Access/Area-Denial and supporting host nations' counterinsurgency campaigns.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Contributions to Economics
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2017
Authors:	Lucia Martinez Ordonez
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	101
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-85828-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Operational research Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Optimization > Game theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
LSN:	3-319-85828-9
Barcode:	9783319858289

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