Managing the Revolution in Military Affairs

by R. Matthews (Editor), J. Treddenick (Editor)

Overview

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War was the catalyst for profound changes in the global security and defence management environment, including: alterations in the size, structure and configuration of the Armed Forces; emergence of asymmetrical warfare; recognition of the strategic significance of military infosphere, embracing all dimensions of the 'virtual' and 'vertical' battlespace; emphasis on coalition warfare and defence-industrial cooperation; and reform of the financial, procurement and logistical systems. The contributors to this book evaluate these environmental changes within a defence management context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333781890
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/21/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	273
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

CHRISTOPHER BELLAMY Reader in Military and Security Studies, Cranfield University DOUGLAS BLAND Associate Professor and Chair in Defence Management Studies, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University DENNIS J. BLASKO Senior Analyst, International Technology and Trade Associates Inc. Washington SIMON J. BRANCH-EVANS Captain, Royal Navy MICHAEL W. CHINWORTH Vice President, NAC International, a Washington DC-based Consultancy MARY C. FITZGERALD Research Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington DC KEITH HARTLEY Professor of Economics, and Director of the Centre for Defence Economics, University of York BILL KINCAID Formerly Director of Operational Requirements (Land), MOD, currently Director, of TheSAURUS working extensively with MOD and DERA DAVID KIRKPATRICK Professor of Defence Analysis, University College London KENNETH OSCAR Deputy Assistant Secretary (Army) for Procurement TREVOR TAYLOR Professor and Head of Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University's Faculty, Royal Military College of Science MATTHEW UTTLEY Principal Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College MICHAEL WEBB Lockheed Martin ALEX WEISS Researcher, University College London

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction; R.Matthews The RMA: Managing An Idea; D.Bland Evolution of Warfare: Will the RMA Make a Difference?; S.Branch-Evans What is Information Warfare?; C.Bellamy Combined Operations in the Age of Digitisation; M.Webb The RMA: An Economist's View; K.Hartley Financing the RMA; J.Treddenick Can Revolutions be Managed?; K.Oscar The RMA: A US Business Perspective; M.Chinworth With the RMA, a Revolution in Acquisition; D.Kirkpatrick & A.Weiss Smart Procurement: Revolution or Regression?; B.Kincaid Technology Transfer and the RMA: The Scope and Limitations of Licensed Production for the United Kingdom; M.Uttley A Revolution in Defence Industrial Affairs; T.Taylor Russia's New RMA; M.FitzGerald The RMA: China's Quiet Revolution; D.Blasko Index