TY - BOOK AU - Creed Jr,Richard D. TI - Eighteen Years in Lebanon and Two Intifadas: the Israeli Defense Force and the U. S. Army Operational Environment SN - 9781782895930 PY - 2014/// CY - Waipu PB - Pickle Partners Publishing KW - United States.-Army-Combat sustainability KW - Fernzugriff KW - Electronic books N1 - E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich; Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Abstract -- CHAPTER ONE - Introduction -- Relevance -- Methodology -- CHAPTER TWO - The U.S. Army's Contemporary Operating Environment -- Trends -- Characteristics of Military Operations -- Operations on complex and urban terrain -- Information warfare and information operations -- Space Operations -- Power Projection from the Continental United States (CONUS) -- No homeland sanctuary available -- Limitations on Force Capabilities -- Complex relationships -- Rules of Engagement (ROE) -- Media -- Constrained resources -- Ambiguity -- Rapidity -- Asymmetry -- Force Protection -- Summary -- CHAPTER THREE - The IDF Operational Environment Since 1982 -- Lebanon -- The Palestinian Intifadas -- Characteristics of the IDF Operational Environment Since 1982 -- Operations on complex and urban terrain -- Information Warfare and Information Operations -- Space Operations -- Power projection -- No homeland sanctuary available -- Limitations on Force Capabilities -- Complex relationships -- Rules of engagement -- Media -- Constrained resources -- Ambiguity -- Rapidity -- Asymmetry -- Force Protection -- Summary -- CHAPTER FOUR - IDF Adaptation -- IDF Adaptation to the Trends in its Operational Environment -- IDF Adaptation to the Characteristics of Military Operations -- Operations on complex/urban terrain -- Information warfare and information operations -- No homeland sanctuary available -- Complex relationships -- Constrained resources -- Ambiguity -- Rapidity -- Asymmetry -- Force protection -- Summary -- CHAPTER FIVE - Implications and Recommendations for the U.S. Army -- General -- Complex and Urban Terrain. -- Information Warfare and Information Operations -- No Homeland Sanctuary Available -- Constrained Resources -- Rapidity -- Asymmetry -- Force Protection -- CHAPTER SIX - CONCLUSION -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER; APPENDIX A - Definitions of Terms -- APPENDIX B - Environmental Variables -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Books -- Periodicals -- Websites -- Government Documents UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/maxweberstiftung-ebooks/detail.action?docID=5625975 ER -