Military command in the last decade
Military command in the last decade
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近十年军事指挥
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2011
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A. King
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2010年9月11日，美国纪念了9/11袭击九周年。在这九年中，英国军队一直在进行地点、强度、规模和持续时间都出乎意料的军事行动。虽然英国军队在这些行动中的表现一再受到赞扬，但评论家们，甚至是军事机构本身，对这些行动的进行越来越感到不安。具体而言，英国军事指挥权问题受到越来越多的关注。本文探讨指挥摩擦在战略和操作层面，并试图提供这些困难的社会学解释。它声称，英国指挥官在过去十年中未能确定一个连贯的战略，而在战区作战指挥往往是一个广告，不连贯和不一致的特点。这篇文章认为，在战略和行动层面，“自由放任”的指挥文化已经很明显。虽然个人的错误可能不是无关紧要的，本文探讨了这种指挥文化可能是一个产品的内部防御机构的压力，最重要的是，一个产品的服务间的竞争。然而，武装部队中的自由放任的指挥系统也可能反映了英国专业社会本身更深层次的文化假设和偏好，而英国专业社会本身一直具有强烈的实用主义、权力下放和短期主义倾向。文章最后提出了一些建议，如何军事指挥可能会根据其潜在的深刻的文化渊源进行改革。
On 11 September 2010, the United States commemorated the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In those nine years, British forces have been engaged in military operations of unexpected location, intensity, scale and duration. While the performance of British troops has been repeatedly praised on these operations, there has been growing disquiet among commentators and, indeed, among the military establishment itself about the conduct of these campaigns. Specifically, the issue of British military command has come under increasing scrutiny. This article examines command frictions at the strategic and operational levels and seeks to provide a sociological explanation of these difficulties. It claims that British commanders have failed to identify a coherent strategy over the past decade while in-theatre operational command has often been characterized by an ad hoc-ery, incoherence and inconsistency. The article suggests that a ‘laissez faire’ command culture has been evident at strategic and operational levels. While individual mistakes may not be irrelevant, the article explores the way in which this command culture may be a product of institutional pressures within defence and, above all, a product of inter-service rivalry. However, the laissez faire system of command in the armed forces may also be a reflection of much deeper cultural presumptions and preferences within British professional society itself which has always had a strong tendency towards pragmatism, decentralization and shorttermism. The article concludes by offering some suggestions as to how military command might be reformed in light of its potentially profound cultural origins.