The World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS): Evolution and Effectiveness

Nonfiction, History, Military, Aviation, United States
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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781476345543
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: June 13, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781476345543
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: June 13, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

In this comprehensive analysis of the worldwide military command and control system (WWMCCS), the author examines how organization, technology, and ideology contributed to the development of WWMCCS. He explains how and why WWMCCS developed the way it did. An interview with the chief technical officer of the system that replaced WWMCCS brings a contemporary flavor to the study.

PART I * Conceptualization * 1 Centralizing the Defense Establishment * 2 Defense Communications Agency and System * 3 National Military Command System * 4 WWMCCS Is Born * 5 Three WWMCCS Failures * PART II * Formalization * 6 WWMCCS Automatic Data Processing Upgrade * 7 Centralizing Communications Management * 8 The WWMCCS Council and the Modern WWMCCS Structure * 9 The WWMCCS Architect and Architecture * 10 WWMCCS Intercomputer Network * 11 The Carter Administration and the Evolutionary Approach * 12 Crises and Criticisms * 13 Failures at NORAD * PART III * Implementation * 14 Strategic Modernization * 15 The C3I Triad: Programs * 16 WWMCCS Information System * 17 Defense Centralization * 18 Defense Communications and the End of the Cold War * 19 Organization, Technology, and Ideology in Command and Control

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In this comprehensive analysis of the worldwide military command and control system (WWMCCS), the author examines how organization, technology, and ideology contributed to the development of WWMCCS. He explains how and why WWMCCS developed the way it did. An interview with the chief technical officer of the system that replaced WWMCCS brings a contemporary flavor to the study.

PART I * Conceptualization * 1 Centralizing the Defense Establishment * 2 Defense Communications Agency and System * 3 National Military Command System * 4 WWMCCS Is Born * 5 Three WWMCCS Failures * PART II * Formalization * 6 WWMCCS Automatic Data Processing Upgrade * 7 Centralizing Communications Management * 8 The WWMCCS Council and the Modern WWMCCS Structure * 9 The WWMCCS Architect and Architecture * 10 WWMCCS Intercomputer Network * 11 The Carter Administration and the Evolutionary Approach * 12 Crises and Criticisms * 13 Failures at NORAD * PART III * Implementation * 14 Strategic Modernization * 15 The C3I Triad: Programs * 16 WWMCCS Information System * 17 Defense Centralization * 18 Defense Communications and the End of the Cold War * 19 Organization, Technology, and Ideology in Command and Control

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