The sources of military change : culture, politics, technology / edited by Theo Farrell and Terry Terriff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Farrell, Theo, 1967-

Terriff, Terry, 1953-

Series:

Making sense of global security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--History--20th century.

Military art and science.

History.

Military art and science--History--21st century.

Military art and science--Effect of technological innovations on--History--20th century.

Military art and science--Effect of technological innovations on--History--21st century.

Armed Forces--History--20th century.

Armed Forces--History--21st century.

Civil-military relations--History--20th century.

Civil-military relations--History--21st century.

Sociology, Military--History--20th century.

Sociology, Military--History--21st century.

Sociology, Military.

Civil-military relations.

Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

vii, 301 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002.

Contents:

The sources of military change / Theo Farrell, Terry Terriff

Military change in historical perspective / Jeremy Black

The spread of Western military models to Ottoman Turkey and Meiji Japan / Emily O. Goldman

World culture and the Irish army, 1922-1942 / Theo Farrell

U.S. ideas and military change in NATO, 1989-1994 / Terry Terriff

The U.S. military's "two-front war," 1963-1988 / Craig M. Cameron

U.S. military responses to post-Cold war missions / Deborah D. Avant, James H. Lebovic

Reform and the Russian military / Jennifer G. Mathers

The British army and the tank / John Stone

Creating a U.S. military revolution / William A. Owens

Complexity and theory of networked militaries / Chris C. Demchak

Military change in the new millennium / Terry Terriff, Theo Farrell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index.

ISBN:

1555879756

OCLC:

49202278