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A transformation gap? [electronic resource] : American innovations and European military change / edited by Terry Terriff, Frans Osinga, and Theo Farrell.

Contributor(s): Terriff, Terry, 1953- | Osinga, Frans P. B | Farrell, Theo, 1967- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010Description: x, 258 p. : ill.Subject(s): North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Europe | Military art and science -- Technological innovations -- Europe | Europe -- Armed Forces -- Technological innovations | Europe -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization | Europe -- Military relations -- United States | United States -- Military relations -- EuropeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 355/.07094 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Military transformation in NATO : a framework for analysis / Theo Farrell and Terry Terriff -- The rise of military transformation / Frans Osinga -- Innovating within cost and cultural constraints : the British approach to military transformation / Theo Farrell and Tim Bird -- From bottom-up to top-down transformation : military change in France / Sten Rynning -- The rocky road to networked and effects-based expeditionary forces : Bundeswehr transformation / Heiko Borchert -- Innovating on a shrinking playing field : military change in the Netherlands Armed Forces / Rob de Wijk and Frans Osinga -- The innovation imperative : the Spanish military transformation and NEC / Antonio Marquina Barrio and Gustavo Díaz -- Transformation through expeditionary warfare : military change in Poland / Olaf Osica -- Conclusion : the diffusion of military innovations to European militaries / Terry Terriff and Frans Osinga.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Military transformation in NATO : a framework for analysis / Theo Farrell and Terry Terriff -- The rise of military transformation / Frans Osinga -- Innovating within cost and cultural constraints : the British approach to military transformation / Theo Farrell and Tim Bird -- From bottom-up to top-down transformation : military change in France / Sten Rynning -- The rocky road to networked and effects-based expeditionary forces : Bundeswehr transformation / Heiko Borchert -- Innovating on a shrinking playing field : military change in the Netherlands Armed Forces / Rob de Wijk and Frans Osinga -- The innovation imperative : the Spanish military transformation and NEC / Antonio Marquina Barrio and Gustavo Díaz -- Transformation through expeditionary warfare : military change in Poland / Olaf Osica -- Conclusion : the diffusion of military innovations to European militaries / Terry Terriff and Frans Osinga.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.