TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell, Paul T ED - International Institute for Strategic Studies TI - Network centric warfare : coalition operations in the age of US military primacy SN - 9780415427333 SN - 200738609 U1 - 355.02 MIT PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - International Institute for Strategic Studies KW - Information warfare - United States KW - Military art and science - Technological innovations - United States KW - Network-centric operations (Military science) - United States KW - United States. Armed Forces - Information technology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [75]-89). Contents : US Military Primacy and the New Operating System ;American hegemony and military primacy ; Allies and dominance ; Globalisation, security and risk ; Power and discourse among nations ; Primacy, risk and dominance: the new operating system -- 2. Freedom and Control: Networks in Military Environments ; The origins of NCW ; The emergence of the concept ; The elaboration of NCW ; The emergence of the GIG: networks and global military operations ; Information vulnerabilities ; Control versus anarchy: the problem of information assurance ; The fundamental dialectical tension within the network-centric vision -- 3. International Anarchy and Military Cooperation ; The international environment and military cooperation ; Limited war and interoperability ; Unipolarity NCW and the possibility of seamless interoperability -- 4. Networks in the Coalition Environment ; Tactical, operational and strategic issues confronting networked coalitions ; Efforts to network coalition partners ; Operational use of networks in coalitions: Australia and Canada in the Gulf ; The role played by SIPRNET ; Concentricity of access ; Satellite communications and information access ; Coalition information sharing ; The human in the loop: liaison ; Rules of engagement: intersection of strategic and operational policies ; Networking the coalition: social and digital factors ER -