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No nation in recent history has placed greater emphasis on the role of technology in planning and waging war than the United States. In World War II the wholesale mobilization of American science and technology culminated in the detonation of the atomic bomb. Competition with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, combined with the U.S. Navy´s culture of distributed command and the rapid growth of information technology, spawned the concept of network-centric warfare. And America´s post-Cold War conflicts in Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan have showcased the country´s technological edge over friend and foe alike. From the atom bomb to the spy satellites of the Cold War, the strategic limitations of the Vietnam War, and the technological triumphs of the Gulf war, Mahnken identifies how the armed services develop and integrate new technologies, emphasizing their influence on the organization, mission, and culture of the armed services. In some cases, advancements in technology have forced different branches of the military to develop competing or superior weaponry, but more often than not Mahnken finds that the armed services have molded technology to suit their own purposes, remaining resilient in the face of technological challenges. He concludes with an examination of the reemergence of the traditional American way of war, with its use of massive force to defeat the enemy. Drawing on six decades of debate on the subject of U.S. military affairs, he suggests how the armed forces might exploit the unique opportunities of the information revolution in the future.

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