{"product_id":"twenty-first-century-military-innovation-marcus-schulzke-9780472133130","title":"Twenty-First Century Military Innovation: Technological, Organizational, and Strategic Change Beyond Conventional War","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary war is as much a quest for decisive technological, organizational, and doctrinal superiority before the fighting starts as it is an effort to destroy enemy militaries during battle. Armed forces that are not actively fighting are instead actively reengineering themselves for success in the next fight and imagining what that next fight may look like. \u003ci\u003eTwenty-First Century Military Innovation\u003c\/i\u003e outlines the most theoretically important themes in contemporary warfare, especially as these appear in distinctive innovations that signal changes in states' warfighting capacities and their political goals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Marcus Schulzke examines eight case studies that illustrate the overall direction of military innovation and important underlying themes. He devotes three chapters to new weapons technologies (drones, cyberweapons, and nonlethal weapons), two chapters to changes in the composition of state military forces (private military contractors and special operations forces), and three chapters to strategic and tactical changes (targeted killing, population-centric counterinsurgency, and degradation). Each case study includes an accessible introduction to the topic area, an overview of the ongoing scholarly debates surrounding that topic, and the most important theoretical implications. An engaging overview of the themes that emerge with military innovation, this book will also attract readers interested in particular topic areas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Schulzke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472133136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472133130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.06w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023","brand":"Marcus Schulzke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070734627071,"sku":"9780472133130","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25447bf0-3634-4e04-ad7a-0e4f0c3809af.jpg?v=1685432056","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twenty-first-century-military-innovation-marcus-schulzke-9780472133130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}