The Forging of the Sword
Title | The Forging of the Sword PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Robson |
Publisher | Sword Publishers |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780953819003 |
Forging the Sword
Title | Forging the Sword PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Jensen |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2016-02-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0804797382 |
As entrenched bureaucracies, military organizations might reasonably be expected to be especially resistant to reform and favor only limited, incremental adjustments. Yet, since 1945, the U.S. Army has rewritten its capstone doctrine manual, Operations, fourteen times. While some modifications have been incremental, collectively they reflect a significant evolution in how the Army approaches warfare—making the U.S. Army a crucial and unique case of a modern land power that is capable of change. So what accounts for this anomaly? What institutional processes have professional officers developed over time to escape bureaucracies' iron cage? Forging the Sword conducts a comparative historical process-tracing of doctrinal reform in the U.S. Army. The findings suggest that there are unaccounted-for institutional facilitators of change within military organizations. Thus, it argues that change in military organizations requires "incubators," designated subunits established outside the normal bureaucratic hierarchy, and "advocacy networks" championing new concepts. Incubators, ranging from special study groups to non-Title 10 war games and field exercises, provide a safe space for experimentation and the construction of new operational concepts. Advocacy networks then connect different constituents and inject them with concepts developed in incubators. This injection makes changes elites would have otherwise rejected a contagious narrative.
Forging the Sword
Title | Forging the Sword PDF eBook |
Author | Hilari Bell |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-02-05 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 9781481450997 |
THE SPIRIT OF THE ANCIENT CHAMPION, SORAHB, WAS REBORN INTO THE BODY OF A DEGHAN YOUTH. There is not much time left on the Hrum's self-imposed limit -- only a few months. If in that time they don't take all of Farsala, then the Farsalans will regain their independence. Ceaselessly, Soraya, Kavi, and Jiaan work to keep control of what little land remains free from Hrum rule: parts of the countryside, the badlands, and the walled city of Mazad. They have many people helping them, but there is still one important piece missing: a sword that is able to withstand the Hrum's watersteel. In the end Farsala will fall if it can't win in battle. But one thing none of these young heroes can foresee is the growing desperation of the Hrum leaders. It will lead some to break their own laws and sacred pacts and will reveal truths to Kavi, Soraya, and Jiaan about the nature of war, the nature of human beings, and -- most importantly -- the nature of themselves. Hilari Bell builds the action and intrigue to a crescendo in the final installment of this critically acclaimed trilogy.
The Craft of the Japanese Sword
Title | The Craft of the Japanese Sword PDF eBook |
Author | Leon Kapp |
Publisher | Kodansha International |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9780870117985 |
From raw steel to tempered blade, this text presents a visual account of thencient craft of swordmaking as practiced in modern Japan.
Swords of the Viking Age
Title | Swords of the Viking Age PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Boydell Press |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1843830892 |
This title surveys some 60 examples of swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking Age, from the mid 8th to the mid-11th century. It contains an illustrated overview of blade types and construction, pattern-welding, inscriptions and handle forms and Jan Petersen's classification.
The Book of the Sword
Title | The Book of the Sword PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Richard Francis Burton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
First Sword
Title | First Sword PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Robson |
Publisher | Sword Publishers |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780953819027 |