A Transformation Gap American Innovations and European Military Change [Paperback]

NATO member states are all undergoing some form of military transformation. Despite a shared vision, transformation has been primarily a US-led process centered on the exploitation of new information technologies in combination with new concepts for networked organizations and effects-based operations. Simply put, European states have been unable to match the level of US investment in new military technologies, leading to the identification of a growing transformation gap between the US and the European allies.This book assesses the extent and trajectory of military transformation across a range of European NATO member states, setting their transformation progress against that of the US, and examining the complex mix of factors driving military transformation in each country. It reveals not only the nature and extent of thetransatlanticgap, but also identifies an enormous variation in the extent and pace of transformation among the European allies, suggesting both technological and operational gapswithinEurope. A Transformation Gap?represents a valuable and much needed contribution to the literature on military innovation and adaptation. The authors' exploration of NATO's transformation track record should be interest to scholar and practitioner alike. Terry Terriff is the Arthur J. Child Chair of American Security Policy at the University of Calgary.Frans Osinga is an Air Commodore in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and a Professor at the Royal Netherlands Defence Academy.Theo Farrell is Professor of War in the Modern World at King's College London. [T]his is a valuable and substantive, if somewhat sobering stocktaking of the Alliance's progress towards military transformation. This book is a definitive, comparative review of the transformation gap between the US and the other members of NATO, and amongst the established and emerging European members. The scholarly research and descriptive analysis in this book are beyond reproach. The l£J