Winning the next war : innovation and the modern military
Rosen, Stephen Peter, 1952-1991
Book
Total copies: 4
¿́¿What makes for innovations in war-making? The answers of this careful study, based primarily on American military experiences this century, run refreshingly against intuition: innovation seems easier in peacetime than war, for the fog of the latter covers all; it is no harder during periods of budgetary austerity than in fl usher times; it is neither much connected to better intelligence about would-be foes nor much infl uenced by civilian leaders or thinkers. The core of the book addresses three case studies of wartime innovation (British tank forces in WW I, US submarine and strategic bombing forces in WW II), and treats 18 more examples of organisational or technological attempts at innovation in wartime or peacetime in varying detail. Rosen argues that while peacetime military innovation is a lengthy and uneven exercise, it ¿́¿appears to have been more successful in dealing with the changes in the character of warfare than wartime innovation, ¿́¿ and that technological innovation (at least in the US military) has been driven by ¿́¿uncertainties about the enemy and the costs and benefi ts of new technologies.¿́¿ -- SAF Professional Reading Programme, 4th Edition ¿́¿ STAGE IV: LTC 2 and above.
Main title:
Winning the next war : innovation and the modern military / Stephen Peter Rosen.
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Imprint:
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Collation:
vii, 275 p. ; 25 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0801425565 (alk paper)
Dewey class:
355.03320904
LC class:
UA23UA23 ROS
Language:
English
Subject:
Military art and science -- United States -- Technological innovations -- History -- 20th centuryMilitary art and science -- Great Britain -- Technological innovations -- History -- 20th centuryMilitary art and science -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryMilitary art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century
BRN:
47256
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