War’s Horizon
Soldier-Led Adaptation in Iraq and Vietnam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11158589 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nina A Kollars (Franklin & Marshall College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 529-553 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-07 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402390.2014.971947 |
| OpenAlex | W2006107162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 23 |
Wartime adaptation is a process of adjustment from the war you planned for to the one you have. This process of adjustment is done, in part, by the practitioners of war in the theater of conflict–soldier-led adaptation. Drawing upon two case studies of gun truck development in Iraq and Vietnam I argue that soldiers created networks in order to adapt to battlefield challenges and that the pattern of those networks carries implications for the likelihood of formal adoption by the organization. Simply put, the pattern of the flow of ideas, resources, and skills across the battlefield may affect the likelihood of bottom-up adaptation
Adaptation (eye · Battlefield · Business · Iraq war · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Process (computing · Sociology · Vietnam War · Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence · Computer Science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · History · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Law · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.7 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |