Strategy for chaos : revolutions in military affairs and the evidence of history /
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| Author / Creator: | Gray, Colin S. |
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| Imprint: | London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2002. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 310 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cass series--strategy and history, 1473-6403 ; 2 Cass series--strategy and history ; 2. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11298620 |
| Summary: | In this volume, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy 'works'.<br> <br> The author explores the RMA hypothesis both theoretically and historically. The book argues that the conduct of an RMA has to be examined as a form of strategic behaviour, which means that, of necessity, it must "work" as strategy works. The great RMA debate of the 1990s is reviewed empathetically, though sceptically, by the author, with every major school of thought allowed its day in court.<br> <br> The author presents three historical RMAs as case studies for his argument: those arguably revealed in the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon; in World War I; and in the nuclear age. The focus of his analysis is how these grand RMAs functioned strategically. The conclusions that he draws from these empirical exercises are then applied to help us understand what, indeed, is - and what is not - happening with the much vaunted information-technology-led RMA of today. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 310 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203339258 9780203339251 0714651869 9780714684833 071468483X 9781135754761 1135754764 9781135754716 1135754713 9781135754754 1135754756 9780714651866 |
| ISSN: | 1473-6403 ; |