Friendly fire : the accidental shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq
by
Snook, Scott A., 1958-
Title
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Friendly fire : the accidental shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq
Author
:
Snook, Scott A., 1958-
ISBN
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9781400840977
Publication Information
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xvii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Abstract
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"On April 14, 1994, two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters accidentally shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopters over Northern Iraq, killing all twenty-six peacekeepers onboard. This book attempts to make sense of this tragedy - a tragedy that on its surface makes no sense at all." "With almost twenty years in uniform and a Ph. D. in organizational behavior, Lieutenant Colonel Snook writes from a unique perspective. A victim of friendly fire himself, he develops individual, group, organizational, and cross-level accounts of the accident and applies a rigorous analysis based on behavioral science theory to account for critical links in the causal chain of events. By explaining separate pieces of the puzzle, and analyzing each at a different level, the author removes much of the mystery surrounding the shootdown. Based on a grounded theory analysis, Snook offers a dynamic, cross-level mechanism he calls "practical drift"--The slow, steady uncoupling of practice from written procedure - to complete his explanation."--Jacket.
Corporate Subject
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United States. Air Force -- Management -- Case studies.
Subject Term
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Black Hawk Friendly Fire Incident, Iraq, 1994.
Aerial reconnaissance, American -- Iraq.
Black Hawk (Military transport helicopter) -- Accidents -- Investigation.
Friendly fire (Military science) -- Iraq.
Organizational behavior -- Case studies.
Leadership -- Case studies.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 375851-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |