Strategy and the Revolution in Military Affairs: From Theory to Policy.

Abstract

The authors view the world to be at the beginning of a historical transformation in armed conflict. If American national security planners are to make appropriate strategic decisions, it is important that they understand what is meant by the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA). The authors examine open-source literature on the RMA and find that much of it concentrates on defining and describing military revolutions. They believe that in order to master RMA, theoretical underpinnings, strategic implications, core assumptions, and normative choices must be debated. As a step in that direction, the authors provide a set of hypotheses regarding the configuration and process of RMAs and examine some potential policY implications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 1995
Accession Number
ADA298198

Entities

People

  • James O. Kievit
  • Steven K. Metz

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Areas
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Market Economy
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Economics

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.