The Transformation Trinity : A Model for Strategic Innovation and Its Application to Space Power

By Major Bruce H. McClintock, USAF

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Title:	The Transformation Trinity : A Model for Strategic Innovation and Its Application to Space Power
Author:	Major Bruce H. McClintock, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Peacekeeping
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago Bruce H. Mcclintock, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). The Transformation Trinity : A Model for Strategic Innovation and Its Application to Space Power. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
First, this study develops a generalized model for United States military transformations in peacetime. To develop the model the author combines observations made by several historians about recurrent trends in military strategic innovation. The author concludes that, after taking into account inevitable uncertainty, there are three identifiable factors that occur in most cases of military transformation. The three key factors are the need for a coherent, congruent vision; an emerging culture that bolsters the vision and develops competing theories of victory to fulfill the vision; and a process for honestly assessing the maturing vision and its supporting theories of victory. After defining the limitations of the model and its usefulness, the author applies the framework to an important aspect of national security—the future of space power.

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 2 THE TRANSFORMATION TRINITY . . . . 9 3 THE SPACE POWER VISION: MECCA OR MIRAGE? . . . . .23 4 CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE MILITARY SPACE COMMUNITY . . . . 39 5 ASSESSING SPACE THEORIES OF VICTORY . . . . 59 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . 73