LEADER 03288nam0 22003133i 450 001 VAN0114158 005 20231128044722.401 010 $a18-937231-3-5 100 $a20180129d2003 |0itac50 ba 101 $aeng 102 $aUS 105 $a|||| ||||| 200 1 $aPower to the edge$ecommand, control in the information age$fDavid S. Alberts, Richard E. Hayes$gwith a foreword by John Stenbit 210 $aWashington$cCCRP Publication Series$d2003 215 $axxi, 259 p.$cill.$d23 cm 330 $aThis book begins with a discussion of the nature of command and control. It includes a distillation of the essence of command and control, providing definitions and identifying the enduring functions that must be performed in any military operation. Since there is no single approach to command and control that has yet to prove suitable for all purposes and situations, militaries throughout history have employed a variety of approaches to commanding and controlling their forces. A representative sample of the most successful of these approaches is reviewed and their implications are discussed. The authors then examine the nature of Industrial Age militaries, their inherent properties, and their inability to develop the level of interoperability and agility needed in the Information Age. The Industrial Age has had a profound effect on the nature and the conduct of warfare and on military organizations. A discussion of the characteristics of Industrial Age militaries and command and control is used to set the stage for an examination of their suitability for Information Age missions and environments. The nature of the changes associated with Information Age technologies and the desired characteristics of Information Age militaries, particularly the command and control capabilities needed to meet the full spectrum of mission challenges, are introduced and discussed in detail. Two interrelated force characteristics that transcend any mission are of particular importance in the Information Age interoperability and agility. Each of these key topics is treated in a separate chapter. The basic concepts necessary to understand power to the edge are then introduced. Then the advantages of moving power from the center to the edge and achieving control indirectly, rather than directly, are discussed as they apply to both military organizations and the architectures and processes of the C4ISR systems that support them. 410 1$1001VAN0114163$12001 $aInformation age transformation series$1210 $aWashington$cCCRP Publication Series. 620 $dWashington$3VANL000038 702 1$aStenbit$bJohn$3VANV088255$4080 702 1$aAlberts$bDavid Stephen$3VANV088234 702 1$aHayes$bRichard E.$3VANV088251 712 $aCCRP$3VANV114621$4650 801 $aIT$bSOL$c20240119$gRICA 856 4 $uhttp://www.dodccrp.org/files/Alberts_Power.pdf$zhttp://www.dodccrp.org/files/Alberts_Power.pdf 899 $aBIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE JEAN MONNET$1IT-CE0182$2VAN04 912 $aVAN0114158 950 $aBIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE JEAN MONNET$d04CONS VI.A.a.51 $e04OMA1434 20180129 996 $aPower to the edge$91522988 997 $aUNICAMPANIA