Network centric warfare : coalition operations in the age of US military primacy Paul T. Mitchell

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