Strategy for chaos : revolutions in military affairs and the evidence of history / / olin S. Gray ; with a foreword by Williamson Murray

• Autore: Gray Colin S.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2002
• Edizione: 19th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.4
• Soggetto topico: Strategy; Military art and science; Military history, Modern
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MurrayWilliamson
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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 major
• Titolo autorizzato: Strategy for chaos
• ISBN: 1-135-75476-4; 1-280-24222-1; 0-203-33925-8; 9786610242221
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451782003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Strategy and History