Transforming Military Force: The Legacy of Arthur Cebrowski and Network Centric Warfare

Transforming Military Force: The Legacy of Arthur Cebrowski and Network Centric Warfare

by James R. Blaker
Transforming Military Force: The Legacy of Arthur Cebrowski and Network Centric Warfare

Transforming Military Force: The Legacy of Arthur Cebrowski and Network Centric Warfare

by James R. Blaker

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Overview

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld arrived at the Pentagon in 2001 with an agenda that included the transformation of the American armed forces. His intent was to modernize the existing force while simultaneously developing high-tech innovations to revolutionize the military of the future.The primary architect of transformation, Arthur Cebrowski, conceived what is known as network-centric warfare—a concept to leverage advances in military technology that will influence the U.S. Armed Forces for many decades to come.

The basis of this work was Arthur Cebrowski's autobiographical history of the development of network-centric warfare. He passed away, however, before he could complete his account. Blaker has used much of the material gathered by Cebrowski to craft a history based on the former naval officer's own writings, testimony, and interviews of Cebrowski conducted by a variety of individuals in the media and military during his time in Washington, D.C. Transforming Military Force is also an examination of the successes and failures of this new form of warfare, analyzing what has been done in the past and offering suggestions on the future direction of this form of conflict.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275994273
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 05/30/2007
Series: Praeger Security International
Pages: 264
Sales rank: 1,005,133
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

James R. Blaker is a vice president and senior analyst at the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Previously, he served as senior advisor to the Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Analysis, and Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force. Dr. Blaker is the author of United States Overseas Basing: An Anatomy of the Dilemma (Praeger, 1990).

Table of Contents


Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
The Context     1
Military Transformation     21
Transforming the U.S. Military     63
Future Forces     94
Military Transformation and World Affairs     129
Successes and Failures     146
Institutionalizing Transformation     168
An Appraisal     193
Notes     227
Bibliography     239
Index     245
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