长期以来，编者一直在跟踪外军作战观念和新型武器装备的变化趋势，尤其是美军的有关军事动态，并对1000多种相关英文材料进行了筛选，精选出44篇具有代表性的材料，编写了本书。

本书是一部较为全面地介绍当今美军和其他北约成员军事变革、作战原则和新型武器装备现状和发展趋势的英语教材，内容涉及美军和其他主要北约成员在军事变革中现状和发展趋势。本书将能更好地体现军校的特色，对培养高素质的新型军事人才具有积极的意义。

本书内容涉及美军和其他主要北约成员在军事变革中最新的作战观念、未来太空战、战区导弹防御、C4ISR一体化、信息战、海陆空军的最新军力介绍、最新电子对抗手段、战场敌我识别系统、隐形技术、精确制导武器等。全书共设22个单元，每个单元配有一篇课文和一篇课后阅读文章，其中课文后附有生词表和练习，练习包括了英语口语训练、阅读理解、难句翻译等。最后，附录包括总词汇表和美军大型军事武器装备英汉缩略语以及部分代码。

本书适合军事院校高年级学生使用，也适合军队干部培训人员使用。对研究西方军事的我军指挥和科研人员，本书也是一部有用的参考书。

Unit 1

U.S. Military Transformation

Extra Reading Challenges，Counter-challenges and Readiness Assessment

Unit 2

U.S. Plan for Sustaining the Strategic Space Advantage(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading U.S. Plan for Sustaining the Strategic Space Advantage(Ⅱ)

Unit 3

Reforming Pentagon Strategic Decision-making(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading Reforming Pentagon Strategic Decision-making(Ⅱ)

Unit 4

U.S. Theater Missile Defense(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading National Missile Defense(NMD)

Unit 5

U.S. Theater Missile Defense(Ⅱ)

Extra Reading Introduction to New Cruise Missiles

Unit 6

Today and Yesterday of the U.S. Navy(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading Today and Yesterday of the U.S. Navy(Ⅱ)

Unit 7

Command System and Operational Capabilities of the U.S.Air Force(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading Command System and Operational Capabilities of the U.S. Air Force(Ⅱ)

Unit 8

USSOCOM Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century

Extra Reading Force Multiplier for Special Operations

Unit 9

Precision Guided Weapons

Extra Reading U.S.Army's Plan for Improving the Readiness and Availability

Unit 10

Analysis of American Information Warfare

Extra Reading Cyber-terrorism

Unit 11

Network Attack-oriented Intuition and Reasoning

Extra Reading Hacker Attacks Hitting Pentagon

Unit 12

Platforms of Information Warfare(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading Platforms of Information Warfare(Ⅱ)

Unit 13

U.S. Space Reconnaissance(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading U.S. Space Reconnaissance(Ⅱ)

Unit 14

New Stealth Technologies

Extra Reading Modern Electronic Countermeasures

Unit 15

Organizational Arrangements and Functions of U.S. Military Intelligence(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading Organizational Arrangements and Functions of U S. Military Intelligence(Ⅱ)

Unit 16

U.S. Counterintelligence Strategy

Extra Reading Intelligence Capability of the European Union

Unit 17

Development of the Joint Intelligence Center(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading Development of the Joint Intelligence Center(Ⅱ)

Unit 18

Fratricide Prevention＆Combat Identification(Ⅰ)

Extra Reading Fratricide Prevention＆Combat Identification(Ⅱ)

Unit 19

Joint Logistics in the Future

Extra Reading Acquisition for the Information Age

Unit 20 

Military Weapons for Future Space Warfare

Extra Reading Future Space Warfare in Perspective

Unit 21

Future Combat System

Extra Reading United States Army Military Readiness

Unit 22

New Kill Chains and Weapons in the Near-future Warfare

Extra Reading Operational Risks Versus Concepts of Operation

AppendixⅠ Vocabulary

AppendixⅡ English-Chinese Abbreviations and Codes for Major U.S. Military Weapons