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Winning the Next War : Innovation and the Modern Military /

How and when do military innovations take place? Do they proceed differently during times of peace and times of war? In Winning the Next War, Stephen Peter Rosen argues that armies and navies are not forever doomed to "fight the last war." Rather, they are able to respond to shifts in the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Rosen, Stephen Peter, 1952-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Cover; Winning the Next War; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Thinking about Military Innovation; PEACETIME INNOVATION; 2. The Shape of Wars to Come: Analyzing the Need for Peacetime Innovation; 3· Making Things Happen: The Politics of Peacetime Innovation; WARTIME INNOVATION; 4· The British Army and the Tank, 1914-1918; 5· New Blood for the Submarine Force; 6. The United States Strategic Bombing Force, 1941-1945; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; 7· What Is the Enemy Building?; 8. Strategies for Managing Uncertainty; 9· Conclusion: Lessons Learned; Index.