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02975aam a2200349 i 4500 001 8340238A6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 180813t20192019enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018038867 020 $a 1108700276 020 $a 9781108700276 020 $a 1108476406 020 $a 9781108476409 035 $a (OCoLC)1045653152 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d U3W $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a UB210 K49 2019 100 1 $a King, Anthony, $d 1967- $e author. 245 10 $a Command : $b the twenty-first-century general / $c Anthony King, University of Warwick. 246 3 $a Command : the 21st-century general 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xx, 484 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In the wake of the troubled campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, military decision-making appears to be in crisis and generals have been subjected to intense and sustained public criticism. Taking these interventions as a starting point, Anthony King examines the transformation of military command in the twenty-first century. Focusing on the army division, King argues that a phenomenon of collective command is developing. In the twentieth century, generals typically directed and led operations personally, monopolising decision-making. They commanded individualistically, even heroically. As operations have expanded in range and scope, decision-making has multiplied and diversified. As a result command is becoming increasingly professionalised and collaborative. Through interviews with many leading generals and vivid ethnographic analysis of divisional headquarters, this book provides a unique insight into the transformation of command in western armies"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "It would be convenient to claim that a book on command exemplified its own subject matter and that this work executed a clear, coherent research plan with military precision. The reality was quite different. Having completed The Combat Soldier in 2012 (to be published the following year), I fully intended to return to the topic of warfare and the armed forces but only after I had completed a long contemplated project on social theory and on the question of social change, in particular"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Command in the twenty-first century -- The division -- Defining command -- Twentieth-century operations -- Twentieth-century commander -- Leadership -- The counter-insurgents -- Kandahar -- The march up -- The new headquarters -- Distributing command -- The decision point -- The crisis -- The command collective. 650 0 $a Command of troops $x History $y 21st century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605013015.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8340238A6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search