Military agility : ensuring rapid and effective transition from peace to war / Meir Finkel ; translated by Moshe Tlamim. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finkel, Meir, 1968- author.

Contributor:

Tlamim, Moshe, translator.

Series:

Foreign military studies.

Kentucky scholarship online.

Foreign military studies

Kentucky scholarship online

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Military readiness.

Military doctrine.

Surprise (Military science).

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Uncertainty--Research.

Uncertainty.

Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel--Case studies.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages).

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2021.

Summary:

The ability to change swiftly from peace, or prolonged low intensity conflict, to the high intensity of war and succeed in the initial engagements is usually discussed in terms of readiness, capabilities, and capacity, and their related material, personnel, doctrine, and training. Every security establishment - whether state or non-state - is familiar with these aspects. This text deals with important, complementary, but generally neglected 'soft' aspects of moving from peace to war, such as the mental ability to shift from one reality to another; consolidating a coherent doctrine when war erupts in the course of an ongoing peacetime conceptual-doctrinal debate; gaining proficiency on short notice when new weapon systems become available only at the last minute (or even after units have deployed) and so forth.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 1, 2020).

Translated from the Hebrew.

"An AUSA Book."

This translation previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8131-7995-5

0-8131-7996-3