The Sources of Military Change : : Culture, Politics, Technology / / ed. by Theo Farrell, Terry Terriff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Avant, Deborah D.,; Black, Jeremy,; Cameron, Craig M.,; Demchak, Chris C.,; Farrell, Theo,; Goldman, Emily O.,; Lebovic, James H.,; Mathers, Jennifer G.,; Owens, William A.,; Stone, John,; Terriff, Terry,
• HerausgeberIn: Farrell, Theo,; Terriff, Terry,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Making Sense of Global Security
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (301 p.)

In varying circumstances, military organizations around the world are undergoing major restructuring. This book explores why, and how, militaries change. The authors focus on a complex of three influencing factors—cultural norms, politics, and new technology—offering a historical perspective of more...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Part 1. Introduction
• 1. The Sources of Military Change
• 2. Military Change in Historical Perspective
• Part 2. Culture
• 3. The Spread of Western Military Models to Ottoman Turkey and Meiji Japan
• 4. World Culture and the Irish Army, 1922–1942
• 5. U.S. Ideas and Military Change in NATO, 1989–1994
• Part 3. Politics
• 6. The U.S. Military’s “Two-Front War,” 1963–1988
• 7. U.S. Military Responses to Post–Cold War Missions
• 8. Reform and the Russian Military
• Part 4. Technology
• 9. The British Army and the Tank
• 10. Creating a U.S. Military Revolution
• 11. Complexity and Theory of Networked Militaries
• Part 5. Conclusion
• 12. Military Change in the New Millennium
• Selected Bibliography
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book