| Importing the American Way of War?: Network-Centric Warfare in the UK and Germany Contributor(s): Wiesner, Ina (Author) |
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ISBN: 384870496X ISBN-13: 9783848704965 Publisher: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 355.343 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.45 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
