Bibliograph

Importing the American way of war?, network-centric warfare in the UK and Germany, Ina Wiesner

Type

Label

Importing the American way of war?, network-centric warfare in the UK and Germany, Ina Wiesner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-164)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Importing the American way of war?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

849787535

Responsibility statement

Ina Wiesner

Series statement

Gift collectionMilitär und Sozialwissenschaften, v. 48

Sub title

network-centric warfare in the UK and Germany

Summary

This study takes a closer look at the adoption of the U.S. military concept of network-centric warfare (NCW) by the British and the German armed forces. The book uncovers the striking differences between NCW adoption in the UK and in Germany in terms of timing, pace, concept faithfulness and implementation. Relying on the process tracing technique and framed by an institutionalist argument the study establishes that a different composition of efficiency/effectiveness and legitimacy-related drivers in the two cases can account for the different adoption outcomes. In the case of NCW adoption, the British military was an efficiency maximiser whereas the German military was a legitimacy maximiser --, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Approaching the diffusion of network-centric warfare -- Network-centric warfare and U.S. military transformation -- Military concept adoption -- Network-enabled capabilities in the UK -- Vernetzte Operationsführung in Germany

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