Synopses & Reviews
Since the end of the Cold War, the use of military power in a multpolar world has become increasingly complicated. Strategy, operational conduct, and technology have become key issues in the debate over the role of the military. Contributors to this volume analyze the ways in which the Forces are deployed, despite the fact that their essential purpose, to fulfill policy, remains the same.
Synopsis
With the end of the Cold War, perceptions of the role of armed forces in the international environment changed dramatically and have led to a critical re-evaluation of defence budgets, defence bureaucracies and defence roles. The Changing Face of Military Power brings together some of the most eminent scholars in the field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of military power. It focuses in particular on the move towards joint service cooperation as a way of minimising costs and increasing efficiency.
About the Author
Andrew Dorman is Lecturer in Defence Studies, Joint Services Command and Staff College.
M. L. R. Smith is Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King's College, London.
Matthew Uttley is Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies, Joint Services and Command Staff College.
Table of Contents
Military Power in a Multipolar World--Mike Smith and Matthew Uttley * The Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare--Wyn Q. Bowen * Limitations on Joint Warfare: The Impact of the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons Technology--Paul Rogers * Reconciling Humanitarianism and Reality: The Analytical and Moral Challenges of Urban Operations--Alice Hills * Western Strategy in the New Era: The Apotheosis of Air Power?--Philip Sabin * Britain and the Revolution in Military Affairs--Lawrence Freedman * Equipping Britains Armed Forces: Continuity and Change in Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy--Matthew Uttley * Defence Management and the Impact of 'Jointery'--Martin Edmonds * British Defence Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: History Comes Full Circle?--Andrew Dorman * The Economics of Joint Forces--Keith Hartley
Military Power in a Multipolar World--Mike Smith and Matthew Uttley * The Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare--Wyn Q. Bowen * Limitations on Joint Warfare: The Impact of the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons Technology--Paul Rogers * Reconciling Humanitarianism and Reality: The Analytical and Moral Challenges of Urban Operations--Alice Hills * Western Strategy in the New Era: The Apotheosis of Air Power?--Philip Sabin * Britain and the Revolution in Military Affairs--Lawrence Freedman * Equipping Britains Armed Forces: Continuity and Change in Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy--Matthew Uttley * Defence Management and the Impact of 'Jointery'--Martin Edmonds * British Defence Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: History Comes Full Circle?--Andrew Dorman * The Economics of Joint Forces--Keith Hartley