00734cam0 22002411 450 SOBE0001958720111115112715.020111115d1925 |||||ita|0103 baengUSThunder on the Leftby Christopher MorleyNew YorkPenguin Books1925184 p.18 cmMorley, ChristopherAF00014370070196400ITUNISOB20111115RICAUNISOBUNISOB8206250SOBE00019587M 102 Monografia moderna SBNM820001783SI6250rovitoUNISOBUNISOB20111115112619.020111115112637.0rovitoThunder on the left72747UNISOB03301oam 2200769I 450 991079994540332120200520144314.01-135-75475-61-135-75476-41-280-24222-10-203-33925-8978661024222110.4324/9780203339251 (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(Au-PeEL)EBL199740(CaPaEBR)ebr10162308(CaONFJC)MIL24222(OCoLC)958104161(MiAaPQ)EBC199740(PPN)198452624(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 studiesStrategy.Military art and science.Military history, Modern355.4Gray Colin S.540833Murray Williamson675617MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910799945403321Strategy for chaos3875738UNINA