This book explains how the US military reacted to the 'Revolution
in Military Affairs' (RMA), and failed to innovate its organization
or doctrine to match the technological breakthroughs it brought
about. Many called for the transformation of the US military in the
years after the end of the Cold War, seeking the changes in
organization and doctrine that would complete the RMA innovation
and offer the US the capability to perform a wide variety of
missions cheaply and effectively. This volume describes the
origins, uses, and limits of the RMA technologies, examines how
each of the five US armed services (categorising the Special
Operations as a separate service) made their adjustments both to
the technologies and the use of force, and how the role of the
civilian officials and the defense industry altered in this process
of change and avoidance of change. The book examines the internal
politics of the services as well as civil/military relations to
identify the external pressures on the services for significant
change in their doctrine and weapons. Many have noted the failure
of the services to innovate in what can be called the 'Second
Inter-war Period' (the years after the Cold War). This book offers
explanations for this failure and arguments about the possible
range and desirability of military innovation in the post-Cold war
era. This book will be of great interest to students of strategic
studies, US defence politics, military studies, and US politics.
Harvey M. Sapolsky is Professor of Public Policy and Organization
in the Department of Political Science at MIT and former Director
of the Security Studies Program. Benjamin H. Friedman is a Research
Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies at the Cato
Institute and a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at MIT.
Brendan Green is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at MIT and
an affiliate of the Security Studies Program.
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