Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) was the most widely used, and
abused, acronym in the U.S. defense community in the 1990s.
Subsequently, transformation has superceded it as the preferred
term of art. For the better part of 2 decades, American defense
professionals have been excited by the prospect of effecting a
revolutionary change in the conduct and character of warfare. In
this monograph, Dr. Colin S. Gray provides a critical audit of the
great RMA debate and of some actual RMA behavior. He argues that
the contexts of warfare are crucially important. Indeed so vital
are the contexts that only a military transformation that allows
for flexibility and adaptability will meet future strategic
demands. Dr. Gray warns against a transformation that is highly
potent only in a narrow range of strategic cases. In addition, he
advises that the historical record demonstrates clearly that every
revolutionary change in warfare eventually is more or less
neutralized by antidotes of one kind...
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