Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs

Transformation, Evolution and Lessons Learnt

Andrew Futter, Jeffrey Collins (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

182 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-51375-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.10.2015
Reihe/Serie	Initiatives in Strategic Studies: Issues and Policies
Zusatzinfo	X, 182 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-137-51375-6 / 1137513756
ISBN-13	978-1-137-51375-5 / 9781137513755
Zustand	Neuware