TY  - GEN
T1  - Strategic assessment in war
A1  - Gartner, Scott Sigmund, 1963-
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven, Conn.
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 1997
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm47011577
AB  - Scott Sigmund Gartner develops a theory to explain how military and government leaders evaluate wartime performance, how much they change strategies in response to this evaluation, and why they are frequently at odds when discussing the success or failure of strategic performance. Blending history, decision theory, and mathematical modeling, Gartner argues that military personnel do reevaluate their strategies and that they measure the performance of a strategy through quantitative, "dominant" indicators. Gartner tests his argument with three case studies: the British shift to convoys in World War I following the German imposition of unrestricted submarine warfare; the lack of change in British naval policy in the Battle of the Atlantic following the German introduction of Wolf Packs in World War II; and the American decision to deescalate in Vietnam after the Tet Offensive. He also tests his approach in a non-war situation, analyzing the Carter Administration's decision to launch the hostage rescue attempt
OP  - 248
CN  - U162 .G26 1997eb
SN  - 9780585346885
SN  - 0585346887
SN  - 9780300160963
SN  - 0300160968
SN  - 9780300060348
SN  - 0300060343
SN  - 9780300080698
SN  - 0300080697
KW  - Strategy.
KW  - War : Decision making.
KW  - Stratégie.
KW  - Guerre : Prise de décision.
KW  - HISTORY : Military : Strategy.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : History & Theory.
KW  - Strategy
KW  - War : Decision making
ER  -