03305oam 2200769I 450 991045178200332120200520144314.01-135-75476-41-280-24222-10-203-33925-8978661024222110.4324/9780203339251 (CKB)1000000000448571(EBL)199740(OCoLC)475907442(SSID)ssj0000252256(PQKBManifestationID)11227760(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252256(PQKBWorkID)10176279(PQKB)10360315(SSID)ssj0000366288(PQKBManifestationID)12136080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366288(PQKBWorkID)10415009(PQKB)11160005(MiAaPQ)EBC199740(PPN)198452624(Au-PeEL)EBL199740(CaPaEBR)ebr10162308(CaONFJC)MIL24222(OCoLC)958104161(EXLCZ)99100000000044857120180706d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStrategy for chaos revolutions in military affairs and the evidence of history /olin S. Gray ; with a foreword by Williamson Murray19th ed.London ;Portland, Or. :Frank Cass,2002.1 online resource (296 p.)Strategy and HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-7146-8483-X 0-7146-5186-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Half-title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 High Concept; 2 RMA Anatomy: Patterns in History?; 3 RMA Dynamics; 4 On Strategy, I: Chaos Confounded?; 5 On Strategy, II: The RMA Connection; 6 Case Study I: The Napoleonic RMA; 7 Case Study II: The RMA of the First World War; 8 Case Study III: The Nuclear RMA; 9 Strategy as a Duel: RMA Meets the Enemy; Select Bibliography; IndexIn this volume, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy 'works'.The author explores the RMA hypothesis both theoretically and historically. The book argues that the conduct of an RMA has to be examined as a form of strategic behaviour, which means that, of necessity, it must ""work"" as strategy works. The great RMA debate of the 1990s is reviewed empathetically, though sceptically, by the author, with every majorStrategy and HistoryStrategyMilitary art and scienceMilitary history, ModernCase studiesElectronic books.Strategy.Military art and science.Military history, Modern355.4Gray Colin S.540833Murray Williamson675617MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451782003321Strategy for chaos2138201UNINA