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With the passing of the Cold War, the United States is leaving a forty-year period of great danger but a degree of certainty and entering a new era of reduced danger but greatly increased uncertainty. Leaders face the challenge of meeting growing responsibilities with fewer resources and people, in less certain surroundings, and in even more distant corners of the globe. In this post-Cold War era, the need for effective command and control (C2) is more pronounced than ever. In Command and Control for War and Peace, Thomas Coakley attempts to resolve what former Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Robert Herres calls in his introduction "the mystery that seems to cloak the world of command and control systems." Accepting this challenge and encouraged by General Herres to write a book explaining command and control in plain English, Coakley has demystified the arcane C1 world. With common sense and with ordinary historical illustrations, he leads the reader to a clear understanding of the human, organizational, budgetary, and procedural elements fundamental to command and control. This broad view enables the reader to deal better with communication technology and its o

Author

Thomas P. Coakley

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: National Defense University Press: U.S. G.P.O.

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780160363375

Subjects

Military, Government_military