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020			_a9783319561073 - hbk
100			_aORDONEZ, ,Lucia Martinez
245			_aMilitary operational planning and strategic moves
260			_aSwitzerland: _bSpringer, _c2017.
300			_axiii.,101p.,ills., _bincludes reference
440			_aContributions to economics (Springer)
520			_aThis book employs game theory to warfare and in particular to military operations. It aims at scrutinizing the validity of the two ideas that have governed the literature on war and warfighting: One is the Clausewitzian Fog of War, which suggests that he who is able to "see" through the gunsmoke and observe his opponent's moves before he has to commit to some strategy himself, should be able to gain an advantage over that enemy; the other is the tradition of understanding military conflict as a zero-sum game. Combined, these ideas seem to imply that war always gives rise to a second-mover advantage. This book questions the validity of this presumption at the operational level of military planning. It provides a simple but rigorous game-theoretic framework in order to analyse operational alternatives for a whole range of typical conflicts Western military forces are facing, including the most recent ones such as Anti-Access/Area-Denial and supporting host nations' counterinsurgency campaigns.--
650			_a1. Game theory
650			_a2. International humanitarian law
650			_a3. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Military Science
650			_a4. Terrorism, armed struggle
942			_cBK
999			_c8577 _d8577