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Traditionally the military community held the intelligence profession in low esteem, spying was seen as dirty work and information was all to often ignored if it conflicted with a commander's own view. Handel examines the ways in which this situation has improved and argues that co-operation between the intelligence adviser and the military decision maker is vital.

MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH: Quantitative Decision Making -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN DEFENSE -- 2 SEARCH, DETECTION AND DAMAGE ASSESSMENT -- 3 SIMULATION OF MILITARY SYSTEMS -- 4 WAR GAMES -- 5 COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS -- 6 OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS -- 7 HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATION -- 8 THE ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS -- 9 HOMOGENEOUS COMBAT MODELS -- 10 HETEROGENEOUS COMBAT MODELS -- 11 THREAT ASSESSMENT : STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSES -- 12 ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC STABILITY ISSUES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.

"A collection of essays by a diverse group of scholars, The Politics of Cyberspace tackles the most important themes tied to the emergence of cyber-space - inequalities of access, the use of the Web by mainstream political parties, the challenge to the First Amendment, the possibility that the Web may foster new understandings of gender, and the need for progressive intellectuals to embrace and utilize the internet in their political struggles."--Jacket

Walker, H.: Military implications of United Nations peacekeeping operations. - S. 7-8. Connaughton, R. M.: Command, control and coalition operations. - S. 9-23. Mackinlay, J.: Defining a role beyond peacekeeping. - S. 24-40

McCaffrey, B. R.: U.S. military support for peacekeeping operations. S. 3-13. Quinn, D. J.: Peace support operations. S. 15-31. Sewall, J. O. B.: Peacekeeping implications for the U.S. military. S. 33-41. Miller, P. D.: The changing security environment: the Atlantic command challenge. S. 43-49. Rader, S. R.: The U.S. military role in a multilateral framework. S. 51-59. ... Kahan, J. H.: Peace support operations. S. 75-83. McCain, J.: The proper U.S. role in peacemaking. S. 85-91. Kruzel, J.: Peacekeeping and the partnership for peace. S. 93-99. Sewall, S.: Peace enforcement and the United Nations. S. 101-111. Lewis, W. H.: Peacekeeping: wither U.S. policy? S. 113-121