Change and Transformation in Military Affairs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11157949 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eliot A Cohen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 395-407 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Strategic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2390 • E-ISSN: 1743-937X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1362369042000283958 |
| OpenAlex | W2153811080 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 1 |
For nearly twenty years military analysts have talked of a "military technical revolution," a "revolution in military affairs," and most recently "military transformation." However, discussions of a prospective military revolution have suffered from four general problems: (1) abstraction of RMA theorizing from the world of geopolitics; (2) a focus on technology at the expense of organization, doctrine, and manpower; (3) a tendency to depict transformation as something that happens top-down, rather than bottom-up; and (4) a failure to look at the response to RMA-type capabilities on the part of weaker opponents. Ironically, however, it is only by looking at these four aspects of military affairs in our time that we can truly estimate the possibilities of military transformation. Moreover, an examination of how military forces, the processes of battle, and the outcomes of war have changed in recent years gives us reason to think that a major change in the character of warfare itself has occurred
Battle · Character (mathematics · Civil–military relations · Cold war · Doctrine · Geopolitics · Military doctrine · Military justice · Military operations other than war · Military science · Military sociology · Military theory · Military threat · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Revolution in Military Affairs · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · Law · Military Strategy and Technology
The Evolution of International Security Studies
Future Reserves 2020, the British Army and the politics of military innovation during the Cameron era
From Offsetting to Emulation
The “militarizing” of organization and management studies
New sources of military change – armed forces as normal organizations
Western European Armed Forces and the Modernisation Agenda
Justas for all? Innovation and UAVs in the Canadian forces
Weapons of the Weak
RobowarTM dreams
Technology, war and the state
The Impact of China on Cybersecurity
Improvise, adapt and fail to overcome? Capacity building, culture and exogenous change in Sierra Leone
A Tale of Two Mosuls, The resurrection of the Iraqi armed forces and the military defeat of Isis
The more you know, the less you understand
The capability/vulnerability paradox and military revolutions
War’s Horizon
Indian Military Modernization and Conventional Deterrence in South Asia
Evolving towards military innovation
The future of military innovation studies
Getting Coin’ at the Tactical Level in Afghanistan
Mission Command in the Information Age
Improving in War
Hybrid times
The ‘Third’ US Offset Strategy and Europe’s ‘Anti-access’ Challenge
Filling the Structural Gap
Why Military Organizations Are Cautious About Learning
Bots on the ground
| Citations per year | 1.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2025 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |