In this volume, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the "Revolution in Military Affairs" (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy "works".

Part 1 High concept: strategy, complex and sometimes nonlinear; the argument; history and social science; the making of a great debate; method and trajectory. Part 2 RMA anatomy - patterns in history?: warning label; anatomy of species; a question of continuity. Part 3 RMA dynamics: provenance; RMA life-cycle; clarifying confusion. Part 4 On strategy, 1 - chaos confounded?: what is strategic?; permanent nature, changing character; chaos and prediction; is strategy chaotic?. Part 5 On strategy, 2 -the RMA connection: RMS as strategic behaviour; a matter of dimension; theory and practice. Part 6 Case study 1 - the Napoleonic RMA: Napoleon and modern war; RMA life-cycle; strategic behaviour. Part 7 Case study 2 - the RMA of the First World War: the great artillery war; RMA life-cycle; strategic behaviour. Part 8 Case study 3 - the nuclear RMA: two revolutions; RMA life-cycle; strategic behaviour. Part 9 Strategy as a duel - RMA meets the enemy: politics and RMAs; envoi -strategy and history.