Military Operational Planning and Strategic Moves

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Martínez Ordóñez, Lucía (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Contributions to Economics,
• Θέματα: Operations research.; Decision making.; Politics and war.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; Game theory.; International humanitarian law.; Economics.; Game Theory.; Military and Defence Studies.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.; Terrorism and Political Violence.

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 gu...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Game Theory and the Decision-Making Process in Military Affairs
• Strategies and Tactics
• Conflicts as Zero-Sum Games
• The Advantage of Moving First Versus a First-Mover Advantage
• Irregular Warfare
• Modelling Specific Aspects of COIN Operations: On the Possiblity of a First Mover Advantage
• The War Against the Taliban: Tactical Operations and Strategic Moves
• Lessons Learned.