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Farrell T. Improving in War: Military Adaptation and the British in Helmand, 2006-09
The Joual of Strategic Studies. Vol.
33. No.
4. July 2010. В статье изучено значение военного опыта, полученного британскими вооруженными силами по результатам кампании в Афганистане в 2006-09 гг. Автор рассматривает конкретно-исторический материал в рамках более широкого теоретического вопроса - каковы пути трансформации военного механизма, традиционно считающегося косным и враждебно настроенным по отношению к изменениям.
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