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NETWORKING

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The basic concept of effects-based operations is not new. Call it what you may, the idea of a human-centered approach to warfare dates to at least Sun Tzu and it is certainly evident in the writings of Carl von Clausewitz1 and B.H. Lid- dell Hart. We can trace the fundamentals of what we have come to call effects-based operations or an effects-based approach to operations through a lengthy history of conflicts and crises, and we can see them in the actions of the best statesmen and mili- tary commanders throughout the whole of history. In this rich history of effects-based actions, moreover, we can discern a dis- tinct continuing thread: an insistent focus on the complex human dimension of competition and conflict. This human focus looks beyond the destruction of enemy forces and capa- bilities to an end denominated in terms of the impact of such actions upon the behavior of human beings and human orga- nizations or, much more narrowly, upon the will to fight. The complexity involved has in turn meant looking beyond purely military ways and means to the full dimension of the applica- tion of national power in which military power is but one element, and has meant accepting that no decision or assess- ment will ever be perfect. Indeed, in this book, we will use the term effects-based approaches to operations to denote the diverse applications of effects-based thinking to operations, that is, approaches characterized by a focus on: (1) the human dimen- sion of collaboration, competition and, conflict, (2) the full peace-crisis-war-postwar spectrum, (3) integrated national or coalition power, and (4) the complex nature of problems and solutions. The term effects-based operations will be used to refer to operations planned and executed with such an effects-based approach. In the United States, an effects-based approach to operations has been reflected in three schools of military thought.

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NETWORKING

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Publisher

: ., 2006

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1-385

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English

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1-893723-18-6

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1st Edtion

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Information Technology

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