
Innovation and Adaptation in War
$76.31
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2025
Summary
How important is military innovation in determining outcomes during armed conflict? In Innovation and Adaptation in War, Matthew Tattar questions the conventional wisdom that, to succeed, military organizations must innovate early and often. Because successful methods of warfare are soon widely imitated or countered on the international stage, the advantages of a particular innovation quickly evaporate. Therefore, Tattar argues, large-scale innovations at the cost of organizational f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544856 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262544857 |
| Author: | Matthew A. Tattar |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 156mm |
| Series: | Belfer Center Studies in International Security |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A tremendous accomplishment and a major step forward for the military innovation studies subfield. Professor Tattar returns competitive dynamics to their central place in understanding how and why military organizations change. Essential reading for scholars and policymakers alike.”
—Adam Grissom, Senior Political Scientist, RAND
“This is a fresh approach to the important military innovation discussion, one that focuses on the organizational responses to wartime challenges and the effective uses of available resources.”
—Harvey M. Sapolsky, Professor Emeritus and former Director, MIT Security Studies Program
About The Author
Matthew A. Tattar
Matthew A. Tattar is Associate Professor in the War Gaming Department at the Center for Naval Warfare Studies, US Naval War College.
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