Doctrine of eternal recurrence the U.S. military and counterinsurgency doctrine, 1960-1970 and 2003-2006

This paper tests and ultimately disproves the assumption that doctrine as written and operations as conducted are tightly linked. Ingrained organizational concepts and beliefs have a much greater influence on operations than written doctrine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Long, Austin G. (-)
Corporate Author: United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand National Defense Research Institute 2008.
Series:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-200-OSD.
Rand counterinsurgency study. Paper ; 6.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427822506719
Description
Summary:This paper tests and ultimately disproves the assumption that doctrine as written and operations as conducted are tightly linked. Ingrained organizational concepts and beliefs have a much greater influence on operations than written doctrine.
Item Description:"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Physical Description:1 online resource (47 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-34).
ISBN:9781282033160
9786612033162
9780833045355