Information & Revolutions in Military Affairs.

By:

Goldman, Emily O

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TextPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (215 p)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Information & Revolutions in Military Affairs.LOC classification:

UB250 .G57

Contents:

Cover; Information and Revolutions in Military Affairs; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Contributors; Introduction: Information Resources and Military Performance; Information Capabilities and Military Revolutions: The Nineteenth-Century Experience; Inventing the Railroad and Rifle Revolution: Information, Military Innovation and the Rise of Germany; Transformation and Technology in the Fisher Era: The Impact of the Communications Revolution; Maritime Airpower in the Interwar Period: The Information Dimension.

Beyond Fire and Movement: Command, Control and Information in the German BlitzkriegUncharted Waters: Information in the First Modern Joint Campaign -- Norway 1940; Information and the Air Defence Revolution, 1917-40; Index.

Summary: Like the industrial revolution before it, the information technology revolution appears to be creating a new ruling class, a new economy and a new society. Information technology is also transforming military operations and warfare. A vast literature on the revolution in military affairs (or ""RMA"") cites the important (indeed, dominant) role of information technology in enabling a new military revolution. This volume challenges conventional wisdom not by claiming that information's impact on military operations is not ""positive"" or ""transformative"" but by claiming its impact is n.

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	Books	Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College General stacks		Reference		UB250 .G57 (Browse shelf(Opens below))				c.1	Available			2024-1400
	Books	Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College New materials shelf		Reference		UB250 .G57 (Browse shelf(Opens below))				c.2	Available			2024-1401

Like the industrial revolution before it, the information technology revolution appears to be creating a new ruling class, a new economy and a new society. Information technology is also transforming military operations and warfare. A vast literature on the revolution in military affairs (or ""RMA"") cites the important (indeed, dominant) role of information technology in enabling a new military revolution. This volume challenges conventional wisdom not by claiming that information's impact on military operations is not ""positive"" or ""transformative"" but by claiming its impact is n.

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