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The too-much-information age.(War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today)(Book review)

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| January 29, 2007 | Robbins, James S. | COPYRIGHT 2007 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today, by Max Boot (Gotham, 640 pp., $35)

RETROSPECTIVES on the Rumsfeld era in the Pentagon have focused on the war in Iraq and the various issues surrounding it--pre-war intelligence, weapons of mass destruction, lack of planning for the post-major-combat-operations phase, and so forth. Yet Secretary Rumsfeld's most important legacy may well turn out to be a paradigm shift in the defense establishment encapsulated in the concept of "Defense Transformation." The changes that have taken place under the "transformation" rubric will revolutionize how the United States fights wars and manages the ...

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