The World Wide Military Command and Control System : Evolution and Effectiveness

By David E. Pearson

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Title:	The World Wide Military Command and Control System : Evolution and Effectiveness
Author:	David E. Pearson
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, History of America, Military
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Publisher:	Air University Press

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Citation APA MLA Chicago E. Pearso, B. D. (n.d.). The World Wide Military Command and Control System : Evolution and Effectiveness. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Table of Contents
PART I Conceptualization 1 Centralizing the Defense Establishment . . .3 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2 Defense Communications Agency and System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3 National Military Command System . . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4 WWMCCS Is Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5 Three WWMCCS Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 PART II Formalization 6 WWMCCS Automatic Data Processing Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 7 Centralizing Communications Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 8 The WWMCCS Council and the Modern WWMCCS Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 9 The WWMCCS Architect and Architecture 163 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 10 WWMCCS Intercomputer Network . . . . .185 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 11 The Carter Administration and the Evolutionary Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 12 Crises and Criticisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 13 Failures at NORAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 PART III Implementation 14 Strategic Modernization . . . . . . . . . . . .259 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 15 The C3I Triad: Programs . . . . . . . . . . .281 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 16 WWMCCS Information System . . . . . . .301 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 17 Defense Centralization . . . . . . . . . . . .315 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 18 Defense Communications and the End of the Cold War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 19 Organization, Technology, and Ideology in Command and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 EPILOGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377