Fratricide in battle : (Un)friendly fire /: (Un)friendly fire. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Charles Kirke.
• Editors: Kirke, Charles
• Contents: Cover; Halftitle; Series page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Editor's Acknowledgements; Contributing Authors; 1. Introduction; Part One -- The Problem; 2. An Historical Analysis of Fratricide; Introduction; Prehistory; History of Friendly Fire in Land Warfare; Friendly Fire at Sea; Friendly Fire in the Air; The Role of New Technologies; Some Historical Friendly Fire Statistics; History of Anti-Fratricide Measures; Similarities in Fratricides through History; History of Fratricide Reporting and Research; Conclusions; Notes. 3. The Fratricide Problem and Potential Solutions -- An OverviewIntroduction; The Fratricide Problem; Potential Solutions -- A Framework; Assessment; Notes; 4. Whose Statistical Battlefield Life Is It Anyway? Fratricide as an Aspect of Risk Management in the Twenty-First-Century Battlespace; Introduction; Risk as a Concept; Estimating Fratricide Impact; Strategies for Risk Management; Risk Tolerability; Combat Risk and Benefi t; Causal Factors in Fratricide; Fratricide and Risk Management; Fratricide by Design -- Risk in Technology and Human Frailty. So What? What Am I Supposed to Do for Tomorrow's Patrol?Conclusions; Notes; Part Two -- Understanding the Human Dimension to Fratricide; 5. The Organization of Fratricide; Introduction; Examining 'Fratricide' on Exercise; Command System Design; Juggling Chains and Nets; Four Fratricide Incidents on Exercise; Tactical Psychology; Organizing Fratricide; So What?; Notes; 6. How Can Human Factors Be Exploited to Reduce the Risk of Fratricide?; Introduction; Understanding and Representing Fratricide; Exploring the Root Causes of Fratricide; Exploiting Human Factors to Reduce the Risk of Fratricide. Conclusions7. Modelling Human Factors in the Engagement Process; Introduction; What Questions Can Combat ID Modelling Analysis Address?; Why Does Fratricide Take Place?; Capturing the Multiple Causes of Fratricide; Levels of Abstraction; Levels of Analysis Question; What Types of Models Can Be Used to Represent the Engagement Process?; The Engagement Process; Modelling the Engagement Process and Fratricide; A Case Study -- The Integrative Combat ID Entity Relationship Model; Conclusion; Notes; 8. The Heat of the Armoured Battle -- Making the Decision to Fire; Introduction; Inside a Tank. Human Error and Human BehaviourMeasures to Reduce Error; The Decision to Fire; Conclusions; Notes; Part Three -- Tackling Fratricide; 9. Preventing Air-to-Ground Fratricide; Introduction; The Complexity of Air-to-Ground Missions; The Challenges of Targeting; Technology; Training; Battlespace Management; Interoperability; Conclusions; Notes; 10. US Combat Identification -- Marching Away from Antietam? A Comprehensive Approach to Increase Combat Effectiveness and Reduce Fratricide; 11. 'Judged by Twelve or Carried by Six; the Soldier's Dilemma' -- The British Perspective on Combat Identification.
• Publisher Details: London, England New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (287 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 355.422; Friendly fire (Military science); Friendly fire (Military science) -- Safety measures; HISTORY -- Military -- Other; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Friendly fire (Military science); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441161642; 1441161643
• Related ISBNs: 9781472523037
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 14, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.