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Reassessing the Revolution in Military Affairs

Transformation, Evolution and Lessons Learnt

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Jeffrey Collins

    1. Carleton University, Canada

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  2. Andrew Futter

    1. University of Leicester, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Reflecting on the Global Impact of the RMA

    • Jeffrey Collins, Andrew Futter
    Pages 1-15

  3. The United States and the RMA: Revolutions Do Not Revolutionize Everything

    • Keith L. Shimko
    Pages 16-32

  4. A Peculiarly British Revolution: Missing the Point or Just Avoiding Change?

    • Andrew M. Dorman
    Pages 33-50

  5. The Perpetual Search for Efficiency: The Canadian Approach to the RMA and Military Transformation

    • Jeffrey Collins
    Pages 51-70

  6. The Interruption and Evolution of Australia’s RMA

    • Rachael Bryson
    Pages 71-91

  7. The Israeli Revolution in Military Affairs and the Road to the 2006 Lebanon War

    • Raphael D. Marcus
    Pages 92-111

  8. The Russian Response to the RMA: Military Strategy towards Modern Security Threats

    • Andrey Sushentsov
    Pages 112-131

  9. RMA and India: Nothing Revolutionary about It

    • Harsh V. Pant, Yogesh Joshi
    Pages 132-155

  10. RMA, European Militaries and the Limits of Modernization

    • David J. Galbreath
    Pages 156-174

  11. Conclusion: Reflecting on the RMA Concept

    • Andrew Futter
    Pages 175-179

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 181-182
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A generation after the First Gulf War, and in the wake of a decade of counterinsurgency operations and irregular warfare, this book explores how the concept of the Revolution in Military Affairs continues to shape the way modern militaries across the globe think about, plan and fight wars.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Carleton University, Canada

    Jeffrey Collins

  • University of Leicester, UK

    Andrew Futter

About the editors

Rachael Bryson, Carleton University, Canada Andrew Dorman, Chatham House, UK David Galbreath, University of Bath, UK Yogesh Joshi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Harsh Pant, King's College London, UK Raphael Marcus, King's College London, UK Keith Shimko, Purdue University, USA Andrey Sushentsov, Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO), Russia

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