THE FUTURE OF WARFIGHTING

It has become commonplace among analysts of all persuasions to insist that in recent years warfare has changed radically. Of course change in warfare is nothing new – like any human activity it is subject to the powerful influences of societal and technological change. But this is different. The shifts that these analysts point to are, they insist, radical. That is to say, they contend that these changes represent a fundamental altering of the nature of warfare.