The Changing Face of Military Power : Joint Warfare in an Expeditionary Era

Annotation Since the end of the Cold War, the use of military power in a multpolar world has become increasingly complicated. Strategy, operational conduct, and technology have become key issues in the debate over the role of the military. Contributors to this volume analyze the ways in which the Forces are deployed, despite the fact that their essential purpose, to fulfill policy, remains the same. Military Power In A Multipolar World / Mike Smith And Matthew Uttley -- Dimensions Of Asymmetric Warfare / Wyn Q. Bowen -- Limitations On Joint Warfare : The Impact Of The Proliferation Of Conventional Weapons Technology / Paul Rogers -- Reconciling Humanitarianism And Reality : The Analytical And Moral Challenges Of Urban Operations / Alice Hills -- Western Strategy In The New Era : The Apotheosis Of Air Power? / Philip Sabin -- Britain And The Revolution In Military Affairs / Lawrence Freedman -- Equipping Britain's Armed Forces : Continuity And Change In Defence Procurement And Industrial Policy / Matthew Uttley -- Defence Management And The Impact Of 'jointery' / Martin Edmonds -- British Defence Policy In The Post-cold War Era : History Comes Full Circle? / Andrew Dorman -- Economics Of Joint Forces / Keith Hartley. Edited By Andrew Dorman, Mike Smith, And Matthew Uttley. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Contents 6 List of Tables 8 Notes on the Contributors 10 List of Abbreviations 12 1 Military Power in a Multipolar World 16 2 The Dimensions of Asymmetric Warfare 30 3 Limitations on Joint Warfare: the Impact of the Proliferation of Conventional Weapons Technology 60 4 Reconciling Humanitarianism and Reality: the Analytical and Moral Challenges of Urban Operations 88 5 Western Strategy in the New Era: the Apotheosis of Air Power? 106 6 Britain and the Revolution in Military Affairs 126 7 Equipping Britain’s Armed Forces: Continuity and Change in Defence Procurement and Industrial Policy 144 8 Defence Management and the Impact of 'Jointery' 166 9 British Defence Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: History Comes Full Circle? 192 10 The Economics of Joint Forces 216 Index 232 A 232 B 232 C 232 D 232 E 232 F 232 G 232 H 232 I 232 J 233 K 233 L 233 M 233 N 233 O 233 P 233 Q 233 R 233 S 233 T 234 U 234 V 234 W 234 With the end of the Cold War, perceptions of the role of armed forces in the international environment changed dramatically and have led to a critical re-evaluation of defence budgets, defence bureaucracies and defence roles. The Changing Face of Military Power brings together some of the most eminent scholars in the field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of military power. It focuses in particular on the move towards joint service cooperation as a way of minimising costs and increasing efficiency. This volume brings together eminent scholars in the field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of military power. It focuses in particular on the move towards joint service co-operation as a way of minimizing costs and increasing efficiency This volume brings together scholars in the field of defence studies to assess the changing dynamics of military power. It focuses on the move towards joint service co-operation as a way of lowering costs and increasing efficiency The intention of this volume is to examine critically the contours of military power as they present themselves a decade after the end of the Cold War.