Importing the American Way of War?
Network-Centric Warfare in the UK and Germany
Nomos, 1. Edition 2013, 164 Pages
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Militär und Sozialwissenschaften | The Military and Social Research
Description
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.
Bibliographical data
| Edition | 1 |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 978-3-8487-0496-5 |
| Subtitle | Network-Centric Warfare in the UK and Germany |
| Publication Date | Jun 7, 2013 |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Publisher | Nomos |
| Format | Softcover |
| Language | englisch |
| Pages | 164 |
| Medium | Book |
| Product Type | Scientific literature |
Reviews
»well structured, detailed and convincing... particularly appealing to scholars and students of international relations and securitiy studies, but also sociology, public policy and organisational theory... The book is also recommended to public officials (military and civilian) and private actors dealing with NCW adoption and implementation.«
Fabrizio Borchi, The International Spectator 1/15
Fabrizio Borchi, The International Spectator 1/15
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