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The revolution in military affairs : implications for Canada and NATO / Elinor C. Sloan.
- Title
- The revolution in military affairs : implications for Canada and NATO / Elinor C. Sloan.
- Author
- Sloan, Elinor C. (Elinor Camille), 1965-
- Publication
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002.
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- Description
- xi, 188 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The campaign in Afghanistan, the Gulf war, and Kosovo show how advances in information technology are driving a high-tech revolution in military affairs (RMA). This text outlines elements of the RMA and examines efforts of the US, and NATO.
- Series Statement
- Foreign policy, security and strategic studies
- Uniform Title
- Foreign policy, security, and strategic studies
- Subject
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization > Military policy
- Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord > Politique militaire
- 1900-1999
- Military art and science > Technological innovations > History > 20th century
- Security, International
- Art et science militaires > Innovations > Histoire > 20e siècle
- Sécurité internationale
- Canada > Military policy
- Canada > Politique militaire
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Note
- Published for the Centre for Security and Foreign Policy Studies and the Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. What Is the Revolution in Military Affairs? -- 2. The RMA in Historical Perspective -- 3. Is There an RMA? An Assessment of U.S. Force Transformation -- 4. Allied Approaches to the RMA: Britain, Australia, France, and Germany -- 5. NATO and the RMA -- 6. The RMA and Peace Support Operations: A Question of Relevancy -- 7. Asymmetric Threats -- 8. Canada and the RMA.
- ISBN
- 0773523634 (bound)
- 0773523944 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 48418576
- SCSB-12590092
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library