Network centric warfare and coalition operations
Subtitle: the new military operating system
By: Paul T. Mitchell.
Series: Routledge global security studies
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780415446457; 9780203881163
Subjects: Combined operations (Military science); Command and control systems -- United States; Operational art (Military science); Military art and science -- Technological innovations; Security, International -- 21st century
Other titles: Netcentric warfare and coalition operations; NCW and coalition operations; New military operating system
Description: 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. This book examines the military power of the US; the influence of NCW on military thinking; and, the centrality of coalition operations in modern military endeavours.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.