Contemporary military innovation [electronic resource] : between anticipation and adaption / edited by Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky and Kjell Inge Bjerga.

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Series: Cass military studiesPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, c2012.Description: xii, 216 p. : illISBN:

9780203112540

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1. Introduction / Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky and Kjell Inge Bjerga -- 2. The 'revolution in military affairs' (RMA) as an analytical tool for the interpretation of military history / Azar Gat -- 3. What is doctrine? / Harald Høiback -- 4. The impact of the Office of Net Assessment on the American military in the matter of the revolution in military affairs / Stephen Peter Rosen -- 5. Restoring the primacy of battle : U.S. military theory and the RMA / Antulio J. Echevarria II -- 6. The revolution in military affairs with Chinese characteristics / Jacqueline Newmyer Deal -- 7. Doctrinal innovation in a small state / Kjell Inge Bjerga and Torunn Laugen Haaland -- 8. The revolution in military affairs of the 'other side' / Itai Brun and Carmit Valensi -- 9. Improving in war : military adaptation and the British in Helmand, 2006-2009 / Theo Farrell -- 10. Innovation in the crucible of war : counterinsurgency operations in Anbar and Ninewa, Iraq, 2005-2007 / James A. Russell -- 11. Blitzkrieg, the RMA and defense intellectuals / Rolf Hobson -- 12. Conclusion : military innovation between anticipation and adaptation / Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky and Kjell Inge Bjerga.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [194]-208) and index.

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