Goldman, Emily O. creator text xx Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (215 p) 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. 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. n-us--- Military art and science Technological innovations United States UB250 .G57 Goldman, Emily O. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, �2013 EBLCP 140215 20240708093538.0 ocn870590235 eng