Offers insight into leadership problems in asymmetric warfare operations
Broadens your understanding of how leadership style is changing

Offers insight into leadership problems in asymmetric warfare operations Broadens your understanding of how leadership style is changing Analyzes the experience and strategies of commanders in unconventional conflict situations

Autorentext

Marina Nuciari is Full Professor of Sociology at the University of Torino (Italy), Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics. Since 1992 she is also professor of Military Sociology at the School for Strategic Studies, State University of Torino & Italian Army Academy, Turin (Italy) and presently Faculty President of the Turin University School for Strategic Studies (SUISS).

Author of many volumes and essays in the field of military sociology, founding member of the European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS), she is also member of the International University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS), and of the I.S.A. RC 01 on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution. She has among her research interests the changes in the military profession, with special reference to international military missions and cross cultural relations, asymmetric conflicts and gender integration.

Eraldo Olivetta, Ph.D., is a researcher at the School of Management and Economics of the University of Torino (Italy). He is the author of various studies in the field of economic and military sociology.He also deals with intercultural studies with particular attention to the dynamics of transcultural businesses in the field of military sociology. He is Professor of Military Sociology at the Italian Army Academy, since 2007.

Inhalt

1. What does Leadership Mean?- 2. Tendencies of a Asymmetric Warfare Leadership.- 3. Changes in Leadership Styles.- 4. The Flexible Soldier in a Multicultural World.- 5. Training and Specific Training.- 6. The Military Interaction with Local Leaders.- 7. Relationships in Missions.- 8. Rules of Engagement.