Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs (eBook, PDF)

Transformation, Evolution and Lessons Learnt
Redaktion: Futter, Andrew; Collins, Jeffrey

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A generation after the First Gulf War, and in the wake of a decade of counterinsurgency operations and irregular warfare, this book explores how the concept of the Revolution in Military Affairs continues to shape the way modern militaries across the globe think about, plan and fight wars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137513762
• Artikelnr.: 44169880

Autorenporträt

Rachael Bryson, Carleton University, Canada Andrew Dorman, Chatham House, UK David Galbreath, University of Bath, UK Yogesh Joshi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Harsh Pant, King's College London, UK Raphael Marcus, King's College London, UK Keith Shimko, Purdue University, USA Andrey Sushentsov, Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: reflecting on the global impact of RMA; Jeffrey F. Collins &
Andrew Futter
1. The United States and the RMA: Revolutions do Not Revolutionize
Everything; Keith L. Shimko
2. A peculiarly British revolution: missing the point or just avoiding
change?; Andrew Dorman
3. The perpetual search for efficiency: the Canadian approach to the RMA
and military transformation; Jeffrey F. Collins
4. The interruption and evolution of Australia's RMA; Rachel Bryson
5. The Israeli Revolution in Military Affairs and the road to the 2006
Lebanon War; Raphael Marcus
6. A Russian response to the RMA: military strategy towards modern security
threats; Andrey Suschentsov
7. RMA and India: nothing revolutionary about it; Harsh Pant and Yogesh
Joshi
8. RMA, European militaries and the limits of modernization; David
Galbreath
Conclusion: reflecting on the RMA concept; Andrew Futter