Overview

Occasionally, militaries during times of peace achieve major warfighting innovations. Terry Pierce calls these 'disruptive innovations'. The more common innovation phenomenon, however, has been that of integrating new technologies to help perform existing missions better and not change them radically. The author calls these 'sustaining innovations'. The central theme of this book is that senior leaders who have successfully managed disruptive innovations disguised them as sustaining in order to ensure their innovations survived. The recent innovation history suggests two interesting questions. First, how can senior military leaders achieve a disruptive innovation when they are heavily engaged around the world and they are managing sustaining innovations? Second, what have been the external sources of disruptive (and sustaining) innovations? This book is essential reading for professionals and students interested in national security, military history and strategic issues.

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Author:   Terry Pierce (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Center for Homeland Security)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780714655475

ISBN 10:   0714655473
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   05 August 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Explaining Disruptive Innovations 3. US Marine Corps Innovation: The development of amphibious warfare 4. Post-World War II Marine Corps Disruptive Innovations I: Helicopter warfare 5. Post-World War II Marine Corps Disruptive Innovations II: MAGTF warfare, combined arms operations 6. US Marine Corps Inchoate Disruptive Innovation: Maneuver warfare 7. US Marine Corps Sustaining Innovations and Summary of Disruptive Marine Corps Cases 8. US Navy Sustaining Innovation: Continuous aim gunfire 9. US Navy Disruptive Innovation: Carrier Warfare 10. Disruptive Innovation: Japanese carrier warfare 11. US Navy Disruptive Innovation: CWC - Naval Combined Arms Warfare 12. US Navy Sustaining Innovation: Carrier battle group concept 13. US Navy Disruptive Innovation Aborted: Project 60 - Defensive Sea Control Warfare 14. US Navy Disruptive Innovation: Maritime Action Groups - Surface Land Attack Warfare 15. US Navy Disruptive Innovation: Tactical Collaborative Network and a summary of disruptive navy cases 16. Conclusion

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Captain Terry Pierce serves with the US Navy and is Deputy Chief of Staff Amphibious Forces 7th Fleet. He holds a doctorate and a Master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also holds a Master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in National Security Affairs, Strategic Planning.

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