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

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.

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Description x, 258 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Diaz -- Transformation through expeditionary warfare : military change in Poland / Olaf Osica -- Conclusion : the diffusion of military innovations to European militaries / Terry Terriff and Frans Osinga.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 -- Europe.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Terriff, Terry, 1953-
Osinga, Frans P. B.
Farrell, Theo, 1967-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804763776 (cloth alk. paper)
9780804763783 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780804781800 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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