How Long to Read The Future of War

How Long Does it Take to Read The Future of War?

It takes the average reader 10 hours and 44 minutes to read The Future of War by Mark Mandeles

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Many analysts have heralded the U.S. military's Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), a qualitative improvement in operational concepts and weapons that transforms the nature and character of warfare. Focusing on military technology, most argue that the new sensor, surveillance, communications, and computational technologies will usher in a period in which U.S. military capabilities will far exceed those of potential competitors. Developments in such fields as nanotechnology, robotics, and genetic engineering will greatly influence new weapons designs of the twenty-first century. These discussions about military revolutions, however, too often ignore or only pay lip service to the role of military organization in improving combat capability. They downplay the relationship between organizational structure and outcomes, the difficulties of coordinating large organizations composed of many people and offices having specialized roles, and the challenges of calculation, attention, and memory that face individuals making decisions with inadequate or ambiguous information under short deadlines or stressful situations. Mark D. Mandeles argues that the key to future combat effectiveness is not in acquiring new technologies but rather in the Defense Department's institutional and organizational structure and its effect upon incentives to invent, to innovate, and to conduct operations effectively. Doing so requires the military establishment to resist incentives to substitute short-term technological gains for long-term operational advantages and to maintain incentives for effective long-term innovation.

How long is The Future of War?

The Future of War by Mark Mandeles is 634 pages long, and a total of 161,036 words.

This makes it 214% the length of the average book. It also has 197% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Future of War Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 14 hours and 39 minutes to read The Future of War aloud.

What Reading Level is The Future of War?

The Future of War is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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