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When reason fails : portraits of armies at war : America, Britain, Israel, and the future / Michael Goodspeed.
LIBRA U42 .G66 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goodspeed, Michael.
- Series:
- Studies in military history and international affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army.
- United States. Army.
- Military art and science--History--20th century.
- Military art and science.
- History.
- United States. Army--History--Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975.
- United States.
- Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel--History--Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Israel.
- Great Britain. Army--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
- Northern Ireland.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 217 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The American Army in Vietnam 1
- The American Phase of the Vietnam War 3
- Strategic Factors 4
- Geographic Factors 7
- The Communist Soldier 8
- The American Soldier 11
- The Nature of Military Service in Vietnam 12
- The Reserves and National Will 12
- The NCO Corps 13
- The Officer Corps 14
- Drugs 20
- A War With No Front Line 21
- The Media 23
- Firepower 24
- Tactics 27
- Big Battles 34
- The American Army and Its Vietnamese Allies 36
- Chapter 2 The British Army in Northern Ireland 43
- Background to the Troubles 43
- The Characters of the Combatants 62
- The British Army in Ulster 62
- The Republicans 72
- The Loyalists 82
- Chapter 3 The Israeli Army in the Middle East 89
- People, Geography and Background 89
- The Origins of Conflict 94
- The First War and the Emergence of the Israeli Army 99
- Traditional Israeli Strategic Considerations 103
- Geography 103
- Population 104
- Time and Space 104
- Civil Military Integration 105
- The War in 1956 106
- The Six-Day War 109
- Israeli Morale 112
- Israeli Equipment 113
- The Arab Armies in 1967 114
- Israeli Attitudes to the IDF and the Arabs 1967-1973 114
- Israeli Leadership 117
- Israeli Discipline 118
- The Israeli Reserve System 118
- Women in the Israeli Army 119
- The IDF's Personnel System 119
- The October War 121
- Israeli Intelligence 125
- The Invasion of Lebanon 130
- The Intifadah 137
- Chapter 4 The Future of Armies 143
- Leadership
- The Human Dimension 145
- Political Leadership of Armies 145
- Military Leadership in Postmodern Society 148
- The Officer Corps 149
- Professionalism, Society and the Soldier 151
- The Soldier, Efficiency and Traditions 153
- Armies and Modern Values 154
- Discipline, the Individual and the Group 156
- Technology 158
- Firepower 158
- Mobility 162
- Communications 164
- New Tactical Concepts 167
- Technology, Mass, Time and Space 168
- Technology and Training 171
- Organizations 174
- Special Forces 175
- Intelligence 180
- Administrative Organizations 182
- Customization of the Administrative System 184
- Civil-Military Affairs 185
- Legalism and Warfare 187
- Armies and the Conflict Spectrum 187
- Armies and National Temperament 190.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0275973786
- OCLC:
- 46991258
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