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Author English, Allan D. (Allan Douglas), 1949-

Title Networked operations and transformation : context and Canadian contributions / Allan English, Richard Gimblett, Howard G. Coombs
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 186 pages) : illustrations
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. Frameworks for Thinking about Networked Operations -- 3. Navy Paradigm: "Information Superiority and Operational Independence" -- 4. Air Force Paradigm: Effects-Based Operations -- 5. Army Paradigm: Manoeuvre and Operational Art -- 6. Paradigms in Conflict: Critiques of Network-Centric Warfare -- 7. Other Approaches to Networked Operations -- 8. Conclusions
Summary The authors consider various approaches to networked operations that are based on the physical environment and cultural context in which armed forces operate. They conclude that a "one size fits all" approach to command and control for networked operations may not be the most effective and suggest a more human-centric approach than the primarily technology-centred model used by the U.S. military
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-179) and index
Notes English
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Subject Command and control systems -- Canada
Military art and science -- Technological innovations
Command and control systems -- Western countries
HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
HISTORY -- Military -- Canada.
Armed Forces -- Reorganization
Armed Forces -- Technological innovations
Command and control systems
Military art and science -- Technological innovations
SUBJECT Western countries -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization
Western countries -- Armed Forces -- Technological innovations
Subject Canada
Western countries
Form Electronic book
Author Gimblett, Richard Howard, 1956-
Coombs, Howard
ISBN 9780773560505
0773560505
9786612850448
6612850442