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Title Assessing war : the challenge of measuring success and failure / Leo J. Blanken, Hy Rothstein, Jason J. Lepore, editors ; foreword by Gen. George W. Casey Jr.
Publisher Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2015.


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Descript 1 online resource (xxi, 352 pages) : illustrations.
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Contents Foreword / by Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. -- Introduction -- The challenge of wartime assessment / Leo J. Blanken and Jason J. Lepore -- Theory -- Principals, agents, and assessment / Leo J. Blanken and Jason J. Lepore -- U.S. civil-military relations and operational assessments / Hy Rothstein -- Wartime strategic assessment : concepts and challenges / Scott Sigmund Gartner -- Historical cases -- Assessing proxy forces : a case study of the early years of the Seven Years' War (1754-1763) in North America / John Grenier -- Assessing war : the revolutionary war / Edward G. Lengel -- Assessing enemy civilian will : the United States goes to war, 1861 / Brooks D. Simpson -- "Keep 'em moving" : the role of assessment in US cavalry operations against the Plains Indians / Colonel Michael Richardson -- Assessing the Philippine War / Brian Mcallister Linn -- Putting the fuse to the powder : strategic assessment in the First World War / Scott Stephenson -- Assessment in World War II / Gerhard l. Weinberg -- Measuring gains on the battle field and at the peace table : shifting assessments during the Korean War / Conrad C. Crane -- Choosing progress : evaluating the salesmanship of the Vietnam War in 1967 / Gregory Daddis -- Current cases -- Assessing counterinsurgency : the Iraq War, 2004-05 / Major General Bill C. Hix and Kalev I. Sepp -- Circular logic and constant progress : IW assessments in Afghanistan / Alejandro S. Hernandez, Julian Ouellet, and Christopher J. Nannini -- Monitoring from afar : how Al Qaeda assesses its progress / Mark Stout -- Alternative dimensions of assessment -- Assessment, proportionality, and justice in war -- Bradley J. Strawser and Russell Muirhead -- Assessing cyber war / Dorothy E. Denning -- Assessing the war of ideas during war / Robert Reilly -- Assessment of economic outcomes in nation-building operations / Aric P. Shafran -- Conclusion -- Can we learn from the assessment of war? / Anthony H. Cordesman and Hy Rothstein.
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ISBN 9781626162471 (e-book)
1626162476 (e-book)
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Subject Military planning -- United States.
War -- Decision making.
Strategy.
United States -- Military policy.
United States -- History, Military.
Alt author Blanken, Leo J. (Leo James)
Rothstein, Hy S.
Lepore, Jason J.
Descript 1 online resource (xxi, 352 pages) : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Foreword / by Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. -- Introduction -- The challenge of wartime assessment / Leo J. Blanken and Jason J. Lepore -- Theory -- Principals, agents, and assessment / Leo J. Blanken and Jason J. Lepore -- U.S. civil-military relations and operational assessments / Hy Rothstein -- Wartime strategic assessment : concepts and challenges / Scott Sigmund Gartner -- Historical cases -- Assessing proxy forces : a case study of the early years of the Seven Years' War (1754-1763) in North America / John Grenier -- Assessing war : the revolutionary war / Edward G. Lengel -- Assessing enemy civilian will : the United States goes to war, 1861 / Brooks D. Simpson -- "Keep 'em moving" : the role of assessment in US cavalry operations against the Plains Indians / Colonel Michael Richardson -- Assessing the Philippine War / Brian Mcallister Linn -- Putting the fuse to the powder : strategic assessment in the First World War / Scott Stephenson -- Assessment in World War II / Gerhard l. Weinberg -- Measuring gains on the battle field and at the peace table : shifting assessments during the Korean War / Conrad C. Crane -- Choosing progress : evaluating the salesmanship of the Vietnam War in 1967 / Gregory Daddis -- Current cases -- Assessing counterinsurgency : the Iraq War, 2004-05 / Major General Bill C. Hix and Kalev I. Sepp -- Circular logic and constant progress : IW assessments in Afghanistan / Alejandro S. Hernandez, Julian Ouellet, and Christopher J. Nannini -- Monitoring from afar : how Al Qaeda assesses its progress / Mark Stout -- Alternative dimensions of assessment -- Assessment, proportionality, and justice in war -- Bradley J. Strawser and Russell Muirhead -- Assessing cyber war / Dorothy E. Denning -- Assessing the war of ideas during war / Robert Reilly -- Assessment of economic outcomes in nation-building operations / Aric P. Shafran -- Conclusion -- Can we learn from the assessment of war? / Anthony H. Cordesman and Hy Rothstein.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781626162471 (e-book)
1626162476 (e-book)
Subject Military planning -- United States.
War -- Decision making.
Strategy.
United States -- Military policy.
United States -- History, Military.
Alt author Blanken, Leo J. (Leo James)
Rothstein, Hy S.
Lepore, Jason J.

Subject Military planning -- United States.
War -- Decision making.
Strategy.
United States -- Military policy.
United States -- History, Military.
Descript 1 online resource (xxi, 352 pages) : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Foreword / by Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. -- Introduction -- The challenge of wartime assessment / Leo J. Blanken and Jason J. Lepore -- Theory -- Principals, agents, and assessment / Leo J. Blanken and Jason J. Lepore -- U.S. civil-military relations and operational assessments / Hy Rothstein -- Wartime strategic assessment : concepts and challenges / Scott Sigmund Gartner -- Historical cases -- Assessing proxy forces : a case study of the early years of the Seven Years' War (1754-1763) in North America / John Grenier -- Assessing war : the revolutionary war / Edward G. Lengel -- Assessing enemy civilian will : the United States goes to war, 1861 / Brooks D. Simpson -- "Keep 'em moving" : the role of assessment in US cavalry operations against the Plains Indians / Colonel Michael Richardson -- Assessing the Philippine War / Brian Mcallister Linn -- Putting the fuse to the powder : strategic assessment in the First World War / Scott Stephenson -- Assessment in World War II / Gerhard l. Weinberg -- Measuring gains on the battle field and at the peace table : shifting assessments during the Korean War / Conrad C. Crane -- Choosing progress : evaluating the salesmanship of the Vietnam War in 1967 / Gregory Daddis -- Current cases -- Assessing counterinsurgency : the Iraq War, 2004-05 / Major General Bill C. Hix and Kalev I. Sepp -- Circular logic and constant progress : IW assessments in Afghanistan / Alejandro S. Hernandez, Julian Ouellet, and Christopher J. Nannini -- Monitoring from afar : how Al Qaeda assesses its progress / Mark Stout -- Alternative dimensions of assessment -- Assessment, proportionality, and justice in war -- Bradley J. Strawser and Russell Muirhead -- Assessing cyber war / Dorothy E. Denning -- Assessing the war of ideas during war / Robert Reilly -- Assessment of economic outcomes in nation-building operations / Aric P. Shafran -- Conclusion -- Can we learn from the assessment of war? / Anthony H. Cordesman and Hy Rothstein.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Blanken, Leo J. (Leo James)
Rothstein, Hy S.
Lepore, Jason J.
ISBN 9781626162471 (e-book)
1626162476 (e-book)
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