The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military Polic... - 9781498568043

The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military PolicyThe Case of the Yom Kippur War\nAuthor(s): Robert W. Tomlinson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9781498568043, 978-1498568043\nSynopsis\nHow do military organizations learn? This book covers an important instance of military learning in which the United States military systematically examined the lessons of Israel's decisive victory in the 1973 Yom Kippur War and applied those lessons towards major doctrinal and equipment changes. The book relies heavily on Paul Senges model of learning organizations outlined in his seminal work, The Fifth Dimension. Using Senges model, the book examines the Departments of the Army, Air Force, and Navys reactions to the Yom Kippur War and how they organizationally incorporatedor ignoredthe lessons of the conflict within their force. Using source documents, including personal memoirs, doctrinal publications, and indi.