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Author Pearson, David E. (David Eric), 1953-

Title The World Wide Military Command and Control System : evolution and effectiveness / David E. Pearson.

Imprint Maxwell AFB, AL : Air University Press, 2000.

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  D 301.26/6:2002020505    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 381 pages) : illustrations, maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Note "June 2000."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Print version record.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
Summary Perhaps the best single way to summarize it is to view the book as a bureaucratic or organizational history. What the author does is to take three distinct historical themes-organization, technology, and ideology and examine how each contributed to the development of WWMCCS and its ability (and frequent inability) to satisfy the demands of national leadership. Whereas earlier works were primarily descriptive, cataloguing the command and control assets then in place or under development, The book offers more analysis by focusing on the issue of how and why WWMCCS developed the way it did. While at first glance less provocative, this approach is potentially more useful for defense decision makers dealing with complex human and technological systems in the post-cold-war era. It also makes for a better story and, I trust, a more interesting read. By necessity, this work is selective. The elements of WWMCCS are so numerous, and the parameters of the system potentially so expansive, that a full treatment is impossible within the compass of a single volume. Indeed, a full treatment of even a single WWMCCS asset or subsystem-the Defense Satellite Communications System, Extremely Low Frequency Communications, the National Military Command System, to name but a few-could itself constitute a substantial work. In its broadest conceptualization, WWMCCS is the world, and my approach has been to deal with the head of the octopus rather than its myriad tentacles. Limitation Code.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
Subject Worldwide Military Command and Control System -- History.
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Worldwide Military Command and Control System. (OCoLC)fst01181417
Worldwide Military Command and Control System.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Pearson, David E. (David Eric), 1953- World Wide Military Command and Control System. Maxwell AFB, AL : Air University Press, 2000 1585660787 9781585660780 (DLC) 99462377 (OCoLC)43186159
ISBN 9781429477819 (electronic bk.)
1429477814 (electronic bk.)
1585660787 (pbk.)
9781585660780 (pbk.)
Standard No. DEBBG BV040921744
NZ1 13111890
Gpo Item No. 0422-K (online)
Sudoc No. D 301.26/6:2002020505

 
    
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