Olivier Schmitt is Associate Professor and Head of Research at the Institute for Military Operations, Royal Danish Defence College, and Senior Non-Resident Associate Fellow at the NATO Defence College. His previous books include the co-edited volume War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: The Challenge of Military Change 1. The Configuration of the International System and Military Change 2. The Challenge of Civil–Military Relations 3. Technology and Military Change 4. The Internal Dynamics of Military Organizations 5. War Conclusion: Transforming Military Organizations Notes Index

‘As we in the United Kingdom await the much-presaged ‘national conversation’ on defence, those likely to participate (or wishing to do so) in that discussion would be well-served by reading this book.’

Olivier Schmitt is Associate Professor and Head of Research at the Institute for Military Operations, Royal Danish Defence College, and Senior Non-Resident Associate Fellow at the NATO Defence College. His previous books include the co-edited volume War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: The Challenge of Military Change 1. The Configuration of the International System and Military Change 2. The Challenge of Civil–Military Relations 3. Technology and Military Change 4. The Internal Dynamics of Military Organizations 5. War Conclusion: Transforming Military Organizations Notes Index

‘As we in the United Kingdom await the much-presaged ‘national conversation’ on defence, those likely to participate (or wishing to do so) in that discussion would be well-served by reading this book.’

Olivier Schmitt is Associate Professor and Head of Research at the Institute for Military Operations, Royal Danish Defence College, and Senior Non-Resident Associate Fellow at the NATO Defence College. His previous books include the co-edited volume War Time: Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power.

• List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: The Challenge of Military Change 1. The Configuration of the International System and Military Change 2. The Challenge of Civil–Military Relations 3. Technology and Military Change 4. The Internal Dynamics of Military Organizations 5. War Conclusion: Transforming Military Organizations Notes Index

‘As we in the United Kingdom await the much-presaged ‘national conversation’ on defence, those likely to participate (or wishing to do so) in that discussion would be well-served by reading this book.’