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Military transformation and strategy : revolutions in military affairs and small states / edited by Bernard Loo.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Contemporary security studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--Developing countries.
- National security.
- Special operations (Military science).
- Developing countries.
- Military art and science--Technological innovations--United States.
- Military art and science.
- Military art and science--Technological innovations.
- United States.
- Special operations (Military science)--United States.
- Military doctrine--United States.
- Military doctrine.
- Strategy.
- States, Small.
- World politics--21st century.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction: revolutions in military affairs - theory and applicability to small armed forces / Bernard Loo 1
- Part I Transformations and strategy 13
- 1 Change and transformation in military affairs / Eliot Cohen 15
- 2 Biotechnology, military transformation and the future of war / Christopher Coker 27
- 3 Managing the revolution in military affairs / Ron Matthews 44
- Part II Transformations and operations 63
- 4 The essentials of effects based operations / Joshua Ho 65
- 5 The transformation of special operations forces in contemporary conflict / Malcolm Brailey 80
- 6 Unmanned aerial vehicles: missions, challenges, and strategic implications for small and medium powers / Manjeet Singh Pardesi 101
- 7 The RMA and "military operations other than war": a swift sword that cuts both ways / David J. Betz 114
- 8 Small navies and network-centric warfare: is there a role? / Paul T. Mitchell 129
- Part III Impediments to transformation 143
- 9 Organizational culture and change: the revolution in military affairs, counterinsurgency, and the US Army / Elizabeth Kier 145
- 10 Officer attitudes toward the revolution in military affairs / Thomas G. Mahnken, James R. Fitzsimonds 167
- 11 Transforming organizational culture: lessons learned from a systems perspective / Nancy Roberts 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780415421102
- 0415421101
- 9780203891827
- 0203891821
- OCLC:
- 212410184
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