Military operational planning and strategic moves. ([2017])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Military operational planning and strategic moves. ([2017])
- Main Title:
- Military operational planning and strategic moves
- Further Information:
- Note: Lucía Martínez Ordóñez.
- Authors:
- Martínez Ordóñez, Lucía
- Contents:
- List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Game Theory and the Decision-Making Processin Military Affairs; 2.1 Game Theory: A Theory of Interdependent Decision; 2.2 Some Comments on Using Game Theory to Model Tactics; 3 Strategies and Tactics; 3.1 A Brief History of Military Thought; 3.2 Doctrine and the Organizational Levels of Conflicts; 3.3 Some War Strategies; 3.4 Network-Centric Warfare; 4 Conflicts as Zero-Sum Games; 4.1 Asymmetric Conflicts; 4.2 Zero-Sum Games; 4.3 Max-Min Strategies and Mixed Strategies Equilibrium with Ordinal Payoffs. 5 The Advantage of Moving First Versus a First-Mover Advantage5.1 Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD); 5.2 Mining; 5.3 A2/AD and the China Seas: A Wider Perspective; 6 Irregular Warfare; 6.1 Aspects of Irregular Warfare; 6.2 Defining Irregular Warfare? Some Comments on Objectives in Irregular Warfare; 6.3 Designing Operations in Counterinsurgency Warfare; 7 Modelling Specific Aspects of COIN Operations: On the Possibility of a First Mover Advantage; 7.1 ``The Surge'' Versus a Surge; 7.1.1 ``The Surge''; 7.1.2 The Model; 7.2 ``Clear Hold and Build'' vs ``Search and Destroy''; 7.2.1 The Model. 7.3 ``Clear, Hold and Build'' and ``The Surge''7.4 Surge: An Enemy-Centric Approach; 7.4.1 Simultaneous Game; 7.5 Conclusions; 8 The War Against the Taliban: Tactical Operations and Strategic Moves; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Scenarios and Evaluation; 8.3 Solving the Simultaneous Game; 8.4 Reality Check; 8.5 A Wider View:List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Game Theory and the Decision-Making Processin Military Affairs; 2.1 Game Theory: A Theory of Interdependent Decision; 2.2 Some Comments on Using Game Theory to Model Tactics; 3 Strategies and Tactics; 3.1 A Brief History of Military Thought; 3.2 Doctrine and the Organizational Levels of Conflicts; 3.3 Some War Strategies; 3.4 Network-Centric Warfare; 4 Conflicts as Zero-Sum Games; 4.1 Asymmetric Conflicts; 4.2 Zero-Sum Games; 4.3 Max-Min Strategies and Mixed Strategies Equilibrium with Ordinal Payoffs. 5 The Advantage of Moving First Versus a First-Mover Advantage5.1 Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD); 5.2 Mining; 5.3 A2/AD and the China Seas: A Wider Perspective; 6 Irregular Warfare; 6.1 Aspects of Irregular Warfare; 6.2 Defining Irregular Warfare? Some Comments on Objectives in Irregular Warfare; 6.3 Designing Operations in Counterinsurgency Warfare; 7 Modelling Specific Aspects of COIN Operations: On the Possibility of a First Mover Advantage; 7.1 ``The Surge'' Versus a Surge; 7.1.1 ``The Surge''; 7.1.2 The Model; 7.2 ``Clear Hold and Build'' vs ``Search and Destroy''; 7.2.1 The Model. 7.3 ``Clear, Hold and Build'' and ``The Surge''7.4 Surge: An Enemy-Centric Approach; 7.4.1 Simultaneous Game; 7.5 Conclusions; 8 The War Against the Taliban: Tactical Operations and Strategic Moves; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Scenarios and Evaluation; 8.3 Solving the Simultaneous Game; 8.4 Reality Check; 8.5 A Wider View: Strategic Moves?; 8.6 Concluding Remarks; 9 Lessons Learned; Acknowledgements; References. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Copyright Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 355.02
Economics
Strategy
Military planning
HISTORY -- Military -- Other
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science
Military planning
Strategy
Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security
Business & Economics -- Operations Research
Mathematics -- Game Theory
Law -- International
Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- Terrorism
Warfare & defence
Operational research
Game theory
International humanitarian law
Terrorism, armed struggle
Management science
Game theory
Politics and war
Operations research
Mathematics
Terrorism
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319561080
3319561081 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319561073
3319561073 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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