Command - The Twenty-First-Century General King Anthony University of WarwickPaperback / softback
In the wake of the troubled campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, military decision-making appears to be in crisis and generals have been subjected to intense and sustained public criticism. Focusing on the army division, King argues that a phenomenon of collective command is develo… Celý popis ↓
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Command - The Twenty-First-Century General King Anthony University of WarwickPaperback / softback
In the wake of the troubled campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, military decision-making appears to be in crisis and generals have been subjected to intense and sustained public criticism. Focusing on the army division, King argues that a phenomenon of collective command is developing. Taking these interventions as a starting point, Anthony King examines the transformation of military command in the twenty-first century.
They commanded individualistically, even heroically. In the twentieth century, generals typically directed and led operations personally, monopolising decision-making. As operations have expanded in range and scope, decision-making has multiplied and diversified.
As a result command is becoming increasingly professionalised and collaborative. Through interviews with many leading generals and vivid ethnographic analysis of divisional headquarters, this book provides a
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