Transforming Military Power Since The Cold War: Britain, France, And The United States, 1991-2012
by Theo Farrell /
2013 / English / PDF
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This book provides an authoritative account of how the US, British,
and French armies have transformed since the end of the Cold War.
All three armies have sought to respond to changes in their
strategic and socio-technological environments by developing more
expeditionary capable and networked forces. Drawing on extensive
archival research, hundreds of interviews, and unprecedented access
to official documents, the authors examine both the process and the
outcomes of army transformation, and ask how organizational
interests, emerging ideas, and key entrepreneurial leaders interact
in shaping the direction of military change. They also explore how
programs of army transformation change over time, as new
technologies moved from research to development, and as lessons
from operations were absorbed. In framing these issues, they draw
on military innovation scholarship and, in addressing them, produce
findings with general relevance for the study of how militaries
innovate.
This book provides an authoritative account of how the US, British,
and French armies have transformed since the end of the Cold War.
All three armies have sought to respond to changes in their
strategic and socio-technological environments by developing more
expeditionary capable and networked forces. Drawing on extensive
archival research, hundreds of interviews, and unprecedented access
to official documents, the authors examine both the process and the
outcomes of army transformation, and ask how organizational
interests, emerging ideas, and key entrepreneurial leaders interact
in shaping the direction of military change. They also explore how
programs of army transformation change over time, as new
technologies moved from research to development, and as lessons
from operations were absorbed. In framing these issues, they draw
on military innovation scholarship and, in addressing them, produce
findings with general relevance for the study of how militaries
innovate.
