This book explores contemporary military innovation, with a particular focus on the balance between anticipation and adaption.

Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is Assistant Professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya, and Affiliate at the National Security Studies Program at Harvard University.

Kjell Inge Bjerga is Assistant Professor and head of Civil-Military Relations at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies in Oslo.

1. Introduction, Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky and Kjell Inge Bjerga 2. The 'Revolution in Military Affairs' as an Analytical Tool for the Interpretation of Military History, Azar Gat 3. What is Doctrine?, Harald Høiback 4. The Impact of the Office of Net Assessment on the American Military in the matter of the Revolution in Military Affairs, Stephen Peter Rosen 5. Restoring the Primacy of Battle: U.S. Military Theory and the RMA, Antulio J. Echevarria II 6. The Revolution in Military Affairs with Chinese Characteristics, Jacqueline Newmyer Deal 7. Military Innovation and Doctrine in a Small State, Kjell Inge Bjerga and Torunn Laugen Haaland 8. The Revolution in Military Affairs of the 'Other Side', Itai Brun and Carmit Valensi 9. Improving in War: Military Adaptation and the British in Helmand, 2006-2009, Theo Farrell 10. Innovation in the Crucible of War: Counterinsurgency Operations in Anbar and Ninewa, Iraq, 2005-2007, James A. Russell 11. Blitzkrieg, the RMA and Defense Intellectuals, Rolf Hobson 12. Conclusion: Between Anticipation and Adaption, Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky and Kjell Inge Bjerga