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Doctrine
About: Doctrine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21901 publications have been published within this topic receiving 204282 citations.
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01 Aug 2011
TL;DR: In this article, the emergence of the distinctive elements of the Christian tradition, taking full account of the wider social, political, and theological context in which that tradition developed, is traced.
Abstract: Based on the latest scholarship and marked by a clear exposition of major figures and movements, this book traces the emergence of the distinctive elements of the Christian tradition, taking full account of the wider social, political, and theological context in which that tradition developed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the value ascribed to doctrine in strategic analysis has become unduly inflated, and we must look beyond it to understand war and political violence.
Abstract: With strategic success in Iraq and Afghanistan far from certain, comforting beliefs about Britain's superiority at counterinsurgency have come under increasingly sceptical scrutiny. This article contributes to the debate with particular reference to the supposedly pivotal principle of minimum force. After discussing the recent literature on the subject, the article critiques the methodology employed by advocates of the traditionalist view on British COIN, arguing for a more rigorous historical approach based on primary sources. Following these historical matters, it is argued that conceptually, minimum force should be analysed dialectically in relation to practices of exemplary force, and above all, on the evidence of what happens in a conflict. Arguably the value ascribed to doctrine in strategic analysis has become unduly inflated, and we must look beyond it to understand war and political violence.
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TL;DR: In the late spring of 1985, shortly after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the former USSR, the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CMC) directed a radical change in the armed forces' training and preparation for war as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In the late spring of 1985, shortly after Mikhail Gorbachev came to power in the former USSR, the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CMC) directed a radical change in the armed forces′ training and preparation for war The Chinese People′s Liberation Army (PLA-as all the military services and branches are collectively designated) was instructed that it was no longer necessary to prepare for an “early, major and nuclear war” with the Soviet Union Henceforth, the PLA′s doctrine, strategy and operational concepts would be focused on preparing for the most probable form of future conflict: local, limited war (jubu zhanzheng) around China′s periphery1 The decade following the CMC′s directive has seen the Chinese armed forces begin the transition towards a more modern, flexible military force as they′changed their organizational structure, command and control, and training to focus on possibly unexpected, potentially intensive military conflict along China′s borders and maritime territories These changes paralleled the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, which eliminated any significant military threat to China′s northern borders for at least another decade Nevertheless, and even as Beijing′s security analysts were publicly acknowledging that China′s military security was more assured than it had been for the past 50 years, the defence expenditures of the People′s Republic entered a period of rapid growth that continues to this day
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01 Jan 2002TL;DR: This book discusses the classification of Insurgent Forces, the Refinement of Violence, and globalisation and insurgency Doctrine and military planning.
Abstract: GLOSSARY INTRODUCTION 1. Global Change and Weak States Transport technology Communications Deregulation of the international economy Migration Culture Conclusion 2. The Refinement of Violence Opposing forces The environment Different cultures of violence Leadership Conclusion 3. The Classification of Insurgent Forces Lumpen insurgent forces The clan insurgent force Popular insurgent forces Environment and opposition forces A global insurgent force CONCLUSION Warlords or revolutionaries Real warriors or true soldiers Globalisation and insurgency Doctrine and military planning APPENDICES NOTES
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TL;DR: The concept of direct or immediate cognition was introduced by as mentioned in this paper, who argued that only what is like mind can be directly or immediately present to mind, which raises the question of how we can know things other than ourselves and our experiences: the direct presence most usually had the consequence of making our knowledge of the world indirect, uncertain or impossible.
Abstract: I want to discuss a doctrine and a concept in theory of knowledge which has various manifestations from at least the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The concept is that of direct or immediate cognition, the doctrine says that only what is like mind can be directly or immediately present to mind. This doctrine raises the question of how we can know things other than ourselves and our experiences: the concept of direct presence most usually had the consequence of making our knowledge of the world indirect, uncertain, or impossible. The directly present must in some way inform us about the indirectly present.
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