{"product_id":"2940148872986","title":"ENVISIONING FUTURE WARFARE","description":"The strategic environment at the end of the 20th century is\u003cbr\u003echaracterized by two competing trends. First, the international system\u003cbr\u003ehas entered a period of increased instability. Second, we are witnessing\u003cbr\u003ethe maturation of information processing technology and its subsequent\u003cbr\u003eimpact on economics, politics, and the conduct of war. This collection\u003cbr\u003eof three articles by General Gordon R. Sullivan and Colonel James M.\u003cbr\u003eDubik explores these trends and seeks to envision their implications on\u003cbr\u003efuture war.\u003cbr\u003eTaken together, these articles illuminate contemporary debates in\u003cbr\u003emilitary affairs. \"Land Warfare in the 21 st Century\" establishes a vision\u003cbr\u003eof the strategic landscape and identifies the two broad trends of\u003cbr\u003einstability and technological acceleration. \"Ulysses S. Grant and\u003cbr\u003eAmerica's Power-Projection Army\" examines the issues of\u003cbr\u003eorganizational change in the face of technological and social evolution.\u003cbr\u003eAnd \"War in the Information Age\" elaborates on what the power of\u003cbr\u003einformation processing technology might mean for the conduct of\u003cbr\u003efuture war.\u003cbr\u003eThe ideas found in these three pieces are not definitive, rather they\u003cbr\u003eshould be used as starting points for understanding subsequent Army\u003cbr\u003einitiatives and actions. They are important thoughts that are continuing\u003cbr\u003eto grow and evolve within our institutional base of knowledge. The\u003cbr\u003echallenge of realizing the maximum benefit from information\u003cbr\u003etechnology has been taken up in TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5, ForceXXI\u003cbr\u003eOperations (August 1994). This document forms the intellectual base\u003cbr\u003eof the development of the 21st-century Army. The role of the Army\u003cbr\u003eunder conditions of international instability is elaborated in the Army\u003cbr\u003ewhite paper, Decisive Victory: America's Power-Projection Army\u003cbr\u003e(October 1994).","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067893891312,"sku":"2940148872986","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148872986_p0.jpg?v=1763709199","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148872986","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}