Conventional military power

INTRODUCTION PART I THE RE-EMERGENCE OF CONVENTIONAL MILITARY POWER: SINGLE-SERVICE DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENTS, 1989–1996
Introduction 1 An Era of Cumulative Changes: The Environment Shaping Britain’s Armed Forces, 1989–1996 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 Strategic Environment: The Lack of Defence Policy Guidance Technological Environment: A ‘Revolution in Military Expectations’ Social Environment: Mounting Pressure on the ‘Postmodern Military’

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The Capability-Based Army: Land Power Leads the Way into Doctrine Development 2.1 2.2 2.3 Organisational Culture: The Two Armies Doctrinal Debate: From the Bagnall Reforms to Operation Granby Formal Doctrine: The Manoeuvrist Approach

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‘Instrument of First Choice’: The Emancipation of Air Power after the Gulf War 3.1 3.2 3.3 Organisational Culture: The Royal Air Force as the Junior Service Doctrinal Debate: The Gulf War, Technology and New Constraints Formal Doctrine: Strategic Air Offensive Revisited

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Wider Peacekeeping: A Half-Completed Understanding of Post-Cold War Peacekeeping 4.1 4.2 4.3 Doctrinal Debate: Justifying the Limitations of Bosnia Formal Doctrine: The Concept of Wider Peacekeeping

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Organisational Culture: The Legacy of Low-Intensity Operations 130

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Maritime Power Projection: A Navy for the New Strategic Environment 5.1 5.2 5.3 Organisational Culture: The Royal Navy as the Senior Service Doctrinal Debate: Preparing a Trojan Horse for Joint Doctrine Formal Doctrine: The Concept of Maritime Power Projection

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Doctrine: Instrument of Service Policy and Change Management

PART II CONSOLIDATION OF A POST-COLD WAR MILITARY STRATEGY: JOINT DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENTS, 1996–2002
Introduction 7 Military Transformation Rebalanced: The Environment Shaping Britain’s Armed Forces, 1996–2002 7.1 7.2 7.3 8 Strategic Environment: Consolidation of a Post-Cold War Defence Policy Technological Environment: The Growing ‘System of Systems’