1. Military revolutions and the Iraq wars; 2. From Vietnam to Iraq - the rebirth of American military power and the origins of an RMA; 3. The first Iraq War, 1991 - a revolution dawns?; 4. The Iraq interregnum, 1991–2000; 5. Afghanistan and the second Iraq War, 2001–3 - a revolution confirmed?; 6. The third Iraq War, 2003–? - a revolution denied?; Conclusion: the future of America's military revolution.
This book is a comprehensive study of the Iraq Wars in the context of the revolution in military affairs debate.
Keith L. Shimko is Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, where he has taught since 1989. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of international relations and security. Professor Shimko is the author of Images and Arms Control, which received the Quincy Wright Award in 1992, and three editions of International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies. He has also taught at the University of Hamburg, where he was a guest Professor in the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy in 2002–3.
'Did Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom herald a
transformation in warfare? In a clearly written examination of
these two wars, Shimko's answer is yes. His book advances the
debate over the existence and scope of the revolution in military
affairs (RMA) by giving defense planners and scholars a framework
to judge the evidence themselves. Shimko outlines the key features
of the revolution, speculating on what they mean for the
low-intensity conflicts of today and how they might shape the
high-intensity conflicts of the future. Advocates as well as
skeptics of a transformation in warfare will find The Iraq Wars and
America's Military Revolution valuable because it is the most
coherent statement to date in support of the RMA.' Jasen J.
Castillo, Texas A&M University
'In The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution, Keith Shimko
offers an informed and fair assessment of the rich yet often
disputatious range of views on the evolution and combat use of
American military power since Vietnam. In considering the hard
investment choices now facing the nation's defense leaders, he has
well spotlighted both the merits and the manifest exaggerations on
all sides of the debate over the relative strengths and
inadequacies of America's transformed warfighting posture from the
Persian Gulf War of 1991 to today's very different
counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.' Benjamin Lambeth,
RAND Corporation
'Keith L. Shimko has written a clear and carefully nuanced work on
the emergence of the American revolution in military affairs. It
should be read by all interested in current defense issues.'
Williamson Murray, Ohio State University
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