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Record Nr.

UNINA9910658211603321

Autore

Sloan Elinor C (Elinor Camille), <1965->

Titolo

The revolution in military affairs : implications for Canada and NATO / / Elinor C. Sloan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-86045-3

9786612860454

0-7735-7020-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Foreign policy, security, and strategic studies

Disciplina

355/.0330049

Soggetti

Military art and science - Technological innovations - History - 20th century

Security, International

Art et science militaires - Innovations - Histoire - 20e siecle

Securite internationale

Canada Military policy

Canada Politique militaire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Published for the Centre for Security and Foreign Policy Studies and the Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-182) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- What Is the Revolution in Military Affairs? -- The rma in Historical Perspective -- Is There an rma? An Assessment of u.s. Force Transformation -- Allied Approaches to the rma: Britainn, Australia, France, and Germany -- nato and the rma -- The rma and Peace Support Operations: A Question of Relevancy -- Asymmetric Threats -- Canada and the rma -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although the RMA has been the subject of much discussion in the United States for over a decade, it has not received the same level of analytic attention in Canada and other NATO and allied countries. Sloan examines the RMA in the context of Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom in addition to assessing the transformation efforts of the United States Military. She concludes that small and medium military powers such as Canada must, at a



minimum, take selected, concrete measures to maximize their military capabilities through the RMA if they are to avoid operational and political marginalisation in the promotion of international peace and security.