Title Imponderable but not inevitable : warfare in the 20th century / Malcolm H. Murfett, editor

Published Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2009] ©2009

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Description xx, 203 pages ; 25 cm Contents Preface / Malcolm H. Murfett -- Black swans make a mockery of the inevitability factor / Malcolm H. Murfett -- The unknown and the unknowable : the loss of HMAS Sydney / Peter J. Dennis -- The madness of General George / Daniel K.R. Crosswell -- What do they want and how can we respond? : Commonwealth intelligence and confrontation with Indonesia, 1963 / Brian P. Farrell -- Air power finds its ascendancy at last / Christopher Clark -- Of a kind? Fisher, Rickover, & Gorshkov and the management of naval change / Geoffrey Till -- Measuring defeat : imponderables of the American experience in Vietnam / Ronald Spector -- What's luck got to do with it? : random elements that affected the naval campaigns of 1939-45 / Malcolm H. Murfett Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-186) and index Subject Military history, Modern -- 20th century. Naval history, Modern -- 20th century. Military art and science -- History -- 20th century. Naval art and science -- History -- 20th century. Military policy -- History -- 20th century. Strategy -- History -- 20th century. Uncertainty -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century. Author Murfett, Malcolm H. LC no. 2009029584 ISBN 9780313378829 hardcover : copy alkaline paper

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