Goldman, Emily O. <br/><br/>
Information & Revolutions in Military Affairs. 

 - Hoboken :  Taylor and Francis,  2013. 
 - 1 online resource (215 p) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Military art and science--Technological innovations.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UB250  / .G57