No nation in recent history has placed greater emphasis on the
role of technology in planning and waging war than the United
States. In World War II the wholesale mobilization of American
science and technology culminated in the detonation of the atomic
bomb. Competition with the Soviet Union during the Cold War,
combined with the U.S. Navy's culture of distributed command and
the rapid growth of information technology, spawned the concept of
network-centric warfare. And America's post-Cold War conflicts in
Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan have highlighted
America's edge.
From the atom bomb to the spy satellites of the Cold War, the
strategic limitations of the Vietnam War, and the technological
triumphs of the Gulf war, Thomas G. Mahnken follows the development
and integration of new technologies into the military and
emphasizes their influence on the organization, mission, and
culture of the armed services. In some cases, advancements in
technology have forced different branches of the military to
develop competing or superior weaponry, but more often than not the
armed services have molded technology to suit their own purposes,
remaining resilient in the face of technological challenges.
Mahnken concludes with an examination of the reemergence of the
traditional American way of war, which uses massive force to engage
the enemy. Tying together six decades of debate concerning U.S.
military affairs, he discusses how the armed forces might exploit
the unique opportunities of the information revolution in the
future.
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