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100 1 _aMETZ Steven
245 _aAmerica's defense transformation:
_ba conceptual and political history /
_cSteven Metz
260 _c2006
520 _aAs a nation the United States has a long tradition of, and predilection for, technological solutions to problems including security matters. While this implies change paradoxically technology has sometimes been used by the armed forces to maintain status quo. This article explains why the USA embarked on military transformation and argues that innovation and transformation are now institutionalised in American government and the military bureaucracy.
650 _aUNITED STATES
_xMILITARY TRANSFORMATION
773 _aDefence Studies :
_gVol 6 No 1, March 2006, pp.1-25 (105)
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