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Author Cappella Zielinski, Rosella

Title Understanding Battlefield Coalitions
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (273 p.)
Series Cass Military Studies
Cass military studies.
Contents Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Data Availability Statement -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Part I: Introducing Battlefield Coalitions -- 1. Battlefield Coalitions: Preparation, Organisation, Execution -- 1.1 Chapters in This Volume -- 1.1.1 A Portrait of Battlefield Coalitions -- 1.1.2 Preparation -- 1.1.3 Organisation -- 1.1.4 Execution -- 1.1.5 Looking Ahead -- 1.2 Battlefield Coalitions in International Relations -- Notes -- Bibliography
2. A Century of Coalitions in Battle: Incidence, Composition, and Performance, 1900-2003 -- 2.1 Assessing Battlefield Coalitions -- 2.2 Belligerents in Battle Dataset -- 2.3 Coalitions in Combat, 1900-2003 -- 2.3.1 Fighting with Others vs. Fighting Alone -- 2.3.2 Composition of Battlefield Coalitions and Performance -- 2.4 Studying and Creating Battlefield Coalitions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part II: Preparation -- 3. Exercising Escalation: Do Multinational Military Exercises Provoke Interstate Security Crises? -- 3.1 Multinational Military Exercises and Strategic Stability
3.2 A Typology of Multinational Military Exercises -- 3.3 A Theory of Exercise Signals -- 3.3.1 'Preparing' Exercises -- 3.3.2 'Partnering' Exercises -- 3.3.3 'Pruning' Exercises -- 3.3.4 'Probing' Exercises -- 3.4 Case Study: US and NATO Exercises with Ukraine, 1994-2021 -- 3.4.1 Partnering Exercises, 1994-2014 -- 3.4.2 Preparing and Pruning Exercises, 2014-2021 -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 4. When the Coalition Determines the Mission: NATO's Detour in Libya -- 4.1 Understanding Mission Design and Execution -- 4.2 Missions Designed in a Multinational Setting
4.3 Case Study Analysis: NATO's Operation Unified Protector in Libya -- 4.3.1 Background -- 4.3.2 The Coalition and the Mission -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Part III: Organisation -- 5. Battlefield Coalitions as International Institutions: A Conceptual Framework -- 5.1 Identifying Institutions in Battlefield Coalitions -- 5.2 Dimensions of Battlefield Coalition Institutions -- 5.2.1 Formalisation: Which Rules? -- 5.2.2 Membership: Who Belongs? -- 5.2.3 Scope: Which Issues Are Decided? -- 5.2.4 Control: Which Rules Structure Decision-Making?
5.2.5 Centralisation: Where Does Communication Occur? -- 5.3 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6. Command and Military Effectiveness in Rebel and Hybrid Battlefield Coalitions -- 6.1 Multinational Battlefield Coalitions -- 6.2 Rebel Coalitions -- 6.3 Hybrid Coalitions -- 6.4 Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 7. Learning from Losing: How Defeat Shapes Coalition Dynamics in Wartime -- 7.1 Learning in War -- 7.2 A Theory of Military Adaptation in Coalitions -- 7.2.1 Defining Coalitional Adaptation -- 7.2.2 Adapting from Fear -- 7.2.3 Collective Action -- 7.2.4 Civilian Influences
Summary This book improves our understanding of battlefield coalitions, providing novel theoretical and empirical insight into their nature and capabilities, as well as the military and political consequences of their combat operations
Notes Description based upon print version of record
7.2.5 Coalition Adaptation in Practice
Subject Combined operations (Military science)-Case studies
Military art and science-History-20th century
Form Electronic book
Author Grauer, Ryan
ISBN 9781000953510
1000953513