The Changing Face of Military Power: Joint Warfare in an Expeditionary Era

by A. Dorman, M. Smith, M. Uttley

Overview

With the end of the Cold War, perceptions of the role of armed forces in the international environment changed dramatically and have led to a critical re-evaluation of defence budgets, defence bureaucracies and defence roles. The Changing Face of Military Power brings together some of the most eminent scholars in the field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of military power. It focuses in particular on the move towards joint service cooperation as a way of minimising costs and increasing efficiency.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349423880
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2002
Series:	Cormorant Security Studies Series
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Pages:	219
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

WYN Q. BOWEN Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Watchfield MARTIN EDMONDS Professor and Director, Centre for Defence and International Security Studies, Cartmel College, Lancaster University LAWRENCE FREEDMAN Professor of War Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, University of London KEITH HARTLEY Professor, Centre for Defence Economics, University of York ALICE HILLS Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College, Watchfield PAUL ROGERS Professor of Peace Studies, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford PHILIP SABIN Professor of Strategic Studies, Department of War Studies, King's College, University of London

Table of Contents

Military Power in a Multipolar World; M.L.Smith & M.Uttley The Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare; W.Bowen Limitations on Joint Warfare: The Impact of the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons Technology; P.Rogers Reconciling Humanitarianism and Reality: The Analytical and Moral Challenges of Urban Operations; A. Hills Western Strategy in the New Era: The Apotheosis of Air Power?; P.Sabin Britain and the Revolution in Military Affairs; L.Freedman Equipping the Armed Services: Continuity and Change in UK Defence Procurement and Industrial Policies; M.Uttley Defence Management and the Impact of 'Jointery'; M.Edmonds British Defence Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: History Comes Full Circle?; A.Dorman The Economics of Joint Forces; K.Hartley Index

Editorial Reviews

Nine contributions from Dorman (defense studies, Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK) and other defense experts discuss the role of military power in fulfilling the ends of policy in the post- Cold War environment. Some of the issues addressed include the impact of the proliferation of conventional weapons technology, "asymmetric warfare" between Western and non-Western countries, and current British defense policy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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