High technology and the transformation of war part II

In this second piece of his examination of the development of modern warfare, Professor van Creveld discusses the rise of the national army beyond local militias and rogue groups. He suggests that today's military faces defeat as a result of its own levels of sophistication: instead, he argues that future human, environmental and economic factors favour a defence system capable of fighting smaller guerrilla and terrorist groups, rather than the large national armies typical of the Cold War era.