1st Edition
Network Centric Warfare and Coalition Operations The New Military Operating System
By Paul T. Mitchell
Copyright 2009
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book argues that Network Centric Warfare (NCW) influences how developed militaries operate in the same fashion that an operating system influences the development of computer software.
It examines three inter-related issues: the overwhelming military power of the United States; the growing influence of NCW on military thinking; and the centrality of coalition operations in modern military... Read more
Introduction. 1: US Military Primacy and the New Operating System. 2: Freedom and Control: Networks in Military Environments. 3: International Anarchy and Military Cooperation. 4: Naval Networks in the Coalition Environment. 5: The Neighbourhood Watch: Organisational and Political Boundaries in NORAD. 6: Information, Geography, Mobility, and Coordination: Land Operations in Digital Coalition Battlespaces. Conclusion. Bibliography.
Biography
Paul T. Mitchell is Associate Professor with the Department of Defence Studies, Canadian Forces College in Toronto.
