CONTENTS: Prologue The American Strategic Challenge The American Approach to the RMA: A Baseline The RMA and Regional Allies: The Asian Case Europe and the RMA General Considerations — The Europeanization Challenge France and the RMA The General Political Dynamic — Domestic Preoccupation and the Shift from Neo-Gaullism — The French State Crisis and Technology Policy — Strategic Rethinking and Processes of Change — Critical Issues for a French RMA — Alternative Outcomes Germany and the RMA The Context of Change — The Tasks of the Armed Forces — Critical Issues for a German RMA — Summary Conclusions Epilogue: Reflections on the U.S -European Military Technology Gap About the Authors