Abstract

The concept of an emerging Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) came to light in American military thinking in the late 1980s, and largely dealt with a new generation of military technologies which promised to alter the nature of modern warfare. In order to exploit these new technologies to their fullest, U.S. military planners set in motion the process of transformation. This article posits that transformation is very much the unique product of U.S. cultural influences. U.S. strategic culture is driven by technological optimism, while Canadian strategic culture is very conservative. As such, it is futile for the Canadian strategic community to attempt to copy directly transformation policies from the U.S. Canada must seek to develop its own approach to transformation.

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