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This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective, drawing
on military history, philosophy, and political science. Military
doctrines are institutional beliefs about what works in war; given
the trauma of 9/11 and the ensuing 'War on Terror', serious
divergences over what the message of the 'new' military doctrine
ought to be were expected around the world. However, such questions
are often drowned in ferocious meta-doctrinal disagreements. What
is a doctrine, after all? This book provides a theoretical
understanding of such questions. Divided into three parts, the
author investigates the historical roots of military doctrine and
explores its growth and expansion until the present day, and goes
on to analyse the main characteristics of a military doctrine.
Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book concludes that
doctrine can be utilized in three key ways: as a tool of command,
as a tool of change, and as a tool of education. This book will be
of much interest to students of military studies, civil-military
relations, strategic studies, and war studies, as well as to
students in professional military education.
Breaking with the tradition that literature about the direction and
coordination of military forces should only deal with technology
and procedures, this work also takes into account the underlying
domestic conditions of a conflict, including cultural, personal and
political relations. The book focuses on two instances, where
fundamental assumptions were at loggerheads and provides a
theoretical nuts and bolts approach introduced within the opening
chapters.
Breaking with the tradition that literature about the direction and
coordination of military forces should only deal with technology
and procedures, this work also takes into account the underlying
domestic conditions of a conflict, including cultural, personal and
political relations. The book focuses on two instances, where
fundamental assumptions were at loggerheads and provides a
theoretical nuts and bolts approach introduced within the opening
chapters.
This book puts military doctrine into a wider perspective, drawing
on military history, philosophy, and political science. Military
doctrines are institutional beliefs about what works in war; given
the trauma of 9/11 and the ensuing 'War on Terror', serious
divergences over what the message of the 'new' military doctrine
ought to be were expected around the world. However, such questions
are often drowned in ferocious meta-doctrinal disagreements. What
is a doctrine, after all? This book provides a theoretical
understanding of such questions. Divided into three parts, the
author investigates the historical roots of military doctrine and
explores its growth and expansion until the present day, and goes
on to analyse the main characteristics of a military doctrine.
Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book concludes that
doctrine can be utilized in three key ways: as a tool of command,
as a tool of change, and as a tool of education. This book will be
of much interest to students of military studies, civil-military
relations, strategic studies, and war studies, as well as to
students in professional military education.
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