Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs
Transformation, Evolution and Lessons Learnt
Published on 12. October 2015
Book
Hardback
X, 182 pages
978-1-137-51375-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
X, 182 p.
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-51375-5 (9781137513755)
DOI
10.1057/9781137513762
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Other editions
Additional editions
Andrew Futter | Jeffrey Collins
Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs
Transformation, Evolution and Lessons Learnt
E-Book
10/2015
Palgrave Macmillan
€106.99
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Jeffrey Collins | Jeffrey Collins | Andrew Futter
Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs
Transformation, Evolution and Lessons Learnt
Book
01/2014
Palgrave Macmillan
€85.59
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Persons
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
Content
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