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" Lifting the fog of war / "
Admiral Bill Owens with Edward Offley.
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BL
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1002117
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b756487
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| Main Entry
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Owens, William A.,1940-
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Lifting the fog of war /\ Admiral Bill Owens with Edward Offley.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,, ©2000.
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280 pages ;; 24 cm
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0374186278
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: 9780374186272
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-263) and index.
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| Contents
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The exhausted superpower -- Seeds of revolution -- The technological base -- Launching the revolution -- The lessons of Kosovo -- Winning the revolution.
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"Admiral Bill Owens saw the challenges facing the U.S. military up close and strove to bring about change from inside the Pentagon. In this book, written with veteran military reporter Ed Offley, he explains the full extent of the crisis the U.S. military faces, and proposes a daring solution: the Revolution in Military Affairs." "Even if politicians and citizens were willing to commit trillions of dollars to new weaponry in peacetime, Owens thinks it would be foolish to do so. Rather, he argues, the military should take advantage of astonishing recent advances in computing, communications, and satellite surveillance to change the very nature of our military - from one based on force and might to one based on knowledge and information." "The Revolution in Military Affairs would transform the way the U.S. forces wage war. It would bring about a smaller yet stronger and more mobile U.S. military, able to defend U.S. interests overseas at a moment's notice. Meanwhile, through a worldwide satellite network, it would be able to observe the enemy's movements as they unfold - to lift the "fog of war" that has bedeviled strategists all through the history of warfare."--Jacket.
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Military art and science-- Forecasting.
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Armed Forces-- Reorganization.
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Armed Forces.
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Militärische Macht
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Militärpolitik
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Militärreform
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Military art and science-- Forecasting.
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Military art and science-- Forecasting.
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Military policy.
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Wehrstruktur
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Militärische Macht.
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Militärpolitik.
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Militärreform.
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Wehrstruktur.
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United States, Armed Forces, Reorganization.
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United States, Armed Forces.
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United States, Military policy.
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United States, Armed Forces, Reorganization.
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United States, Armed Forces.
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United States, Military policy.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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355/.00973/0112
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UA23.O94 2000
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Offley, Edward.
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