Managing the Revolution in Military Affairs

CHRISTOPHER BELLAMY Reader in Military and Security Studies, Cranfield University DOUGLAS BLAND Associate Professor and Chair in Defence Management Studies, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University DENNIS J. BLASKO Senior Analyst, International Technology and Trade Associates Inc. Washington SIMON J. BRANCH-EVANS Captain, Royal Navy MICHAEL W. CHINWORTH Vice President, NAC International, a Washington DC-based Consultancy MARY C. FITZGERALD Research Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington DC KEITH HARTLEY Professor of Economics, and Director of the Centre for Defence Economics, University of York BILL KINCAID Formerly Director of Operational Requirements (Land), MOD, currently Director, of TheSAURUS working extensively with MOD and DERA DAVID KIRKPATRICK Professor of Defence Analysis, University College London KENNETH OSCAR Deputy Assistant Secretary (Army) for Procurement TREVOR TAYLOR Professor and Head of Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University's Faculty, Royal Military College of Science MATTHEW UTTLEY Principal Lecturer, Defence Studies Department, Joint Services Command and Staff College MICHAEL WEBB Lockheed Martin ALEX WEISS Researcher, University College London

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War was the catalyst for profound changes in the global security and defence management environment, including: alterations in the size, structure and configuration of the Armed Forces; The contributors to this book evaluate these environmental changes within a defence management context.The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War was the catalyst for profound changes in the global security and defence management environment, including: alterations in the size, structure and configuration of the Armed Forces; emergence of asymmetrical warfare; recognition of the strategic significance of military infosphere, embracing all dimensions of the 'virtual' and 'vertical' battlespace; emphasis on coalition warfare and defence-industrial cooperation; and reform of the financial, procurement and logistical systems. The contributors to this book evaluate these environmental changes within a defence management context.