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Recognizing and understanding revolutionary change in warfare : the sovereignty of context / Colin S. Gray.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, Colin S.
- Series:
- Special report (Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute)
- Strategic Studies Institute special report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Armed Forces--Reorganization.
- United States.
- United States--Military policy.
- Military art and science--United States.
- Military art and science.
- War (Philosophy).
- Armed Forces--Reorganization.
- Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume)
- Place of Publication:
- Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2006]
- Summary:
- The author provides a critical audit of the great RMA debate and of some actual RMA behavior and warns against a transformation that is highly potent only in a narrow range of strategic cases. He warns that the military effectiveness of a process of revolutionary change in a "way of war" can only be judged by the test of battle, and possibly not even then, if the terms of combat are very heavily weighted in favor of the United States. On balance, the concept of revolutionary change is found to be quite useful, provided it is employed and applied with some reservations and in a manner that allows for flexibility and adaptability. The contexts of warfare, especially the political, determine how effective a transforming military establishment will be.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Revolutionary change in warfare: what are we talking about?
- The contexts of warfare
- Revolutionary change in warfare: findings and implications
- Summary of findings.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Apr 4, 2006).
- "February 2006."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-59).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Gray, Colin S. Recognizing and understanding revolutionary change in warfare
- OCLC:
- 65468896
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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