This book explores contemporary military innovation, with a particular focus on the balance between anticipation and adaption.

The volume examines contemporary military thought and the doctrine that evolved around the thesis of a transformation in the character of war. Known as the Information-Technology Revolution in Military Affairs (IT-RMA), this innovation served as an intellectual foundation for the US defence transformation from the 1990s onwards. Since the mid-1990s, professional ideas generated within the American defence milieu have been further disseminated to military communities across the globe, with huge impact on the conduct of warfare.

With chapters written by leading scholars in this field, this work sheds light on RMAs in general and the IT-RMA in the US, in particular. The authors analyse how military practice and doctrines were developed on the basis of the IT-RMA ideas, how they were disseminated, and the implications of them in several countries and conflicts around the world.

This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, defence studies, war and technology, and security studies in general.

About the Author

Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is Assistant Professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya, and Affiliate at the National Security Studies Program at Harvard University.

Kjell Inge Bjerga is Assistant Professor and head of Civil-Military Relations at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies in Oslo.

Book Information
ISBN 9781138107236
Author Dima Adamsky
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g