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Slowing military change / Zhivan J. Alach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alach, Zhivan J.
- Series:
- War and Terrorism Collection.
- War and Terrorism Collection
- Academic OneFile
- Military & Intelligence Database
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military planning--Effect of technological innovations on.
- Military planning.
- Command and control systems.
- Military weapons--Technological innovations--United States.
- Military weapons.
- United States--Armed Forces--Operational readiness.
- United States.
- Armed Forces--Operational readiness.
- Military weapons--Technological innovations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 98 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- [Carlisle, Pa.] : [Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College], [2008]
- Language Note:
- English.
- Summary:
- This monograph revises, reexamines, and reevaluates the contemporary military environment. It finds that the environment is a period of relative military stasis, of slow technological development, and of little novelty in broader issues. If anything, it is a return to an older period, of the time before the Cold War, before the fear of nuclear war dominated all other thinking in the field. This monograph is a first step in a broader and more incisive revision of contemporary strategic thought.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Summary
- Introduction
- A Representative Program
- The F-22
- Development of American Fighters
- Development Times
- Performance Gains
- Development of Soviet Tanks
- Development of Cruisers
- Relative Military Stasis
- Historical Comparisons
- Development of Information Technology
- Cause One: Darwinian Response
- Cause Two: Governmental Culture and Structure
- Cause Three: Technology Issues
- Criticizing Relative Military Stasis
- The Revolution in Military Affairs
- Broader Issues of the Strategic Environment
- Separating the Cold War and Post-Cold War Periods
- The Revolution in Attitudes towards the Military
- Need for Further Analysis
- Conclusion
- Endnotes.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 3, 2008).
- "October 2008."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-98.).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Other Format:
- Alach, Zhivan J. Slowing military change
- ISBN:
- 1584873671
- 9781584873679
- OCLC:
- 268777124
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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