| ID | 138745 |
| Title Proper | War’s horizon |
| Other Title Information | soldier-led adaptation in Iraq and Vietnam |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kollars , Nina A |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 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. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 38, No.4; May 2015: p.529-553 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic StudiesVol: 38 No 4 |
| Key Words | Diffusion ; Innovation ; Military Adaptation ; Bottom – Up ; Informal Innovation ; Horizontal Innovation Network ; User – Innovation ; Gun Truck |