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Zusatztext This collection provides an effective account of the issue! notably in its historical context and as an aspect of risk management. Moreover! there are acute comments about the tactical dimensions involved and the processes of decision-making ? This is an important collection about a dimension of conflict that is generally ignored in the literature but that increasingly receives public attention. Informationen zum Autor Charles Kirke is Lecturer in Military Anthropology and Human Factors at Cranfield University! UK. He is author of Red Coat! Green Machine (Bloomsbury! 2009). Zusammenfassung 'Blue on Blue', 'Fratricide', 'Friendly Fire' is a persistent and unwelcome feature in war, and has been throughout the history of warfare. This book explores the nature and common origins of fratricide, the part played by humans in fratricide incidents and looks ahead in addressing ways of tackling the problem. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword General Lord Dannatt AcknowledgementsBiographies of Contributing AuthorsIntroduction Charles Kirke (Cranfield University! UK) Part I - The Problem 1. An Historical Analysis of Fratricide Paul Syms (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory! UK) 2. The Fratricide Problem and the Range of Potential Solutions Charles Kirke 3. Whose Statistical Battlefield Life Is It Anyway? Fratricide as an Aspect of Risk Management in the Twenty-first Century Battlespace John Ash (formerly Scott Polar Research Institute! University of Cambridge! UK) Part II - Understanding the Human Dimension 4. The Organization of Fratricide Dermot Rooney (Wapentake Systems Ltd ! UK) 5. How can Human Factors be Exploited to Reduce the Risk of Fratricide? Claire Outteridge (QinetiQ! UK) Simon Henderson (Cranfield University! UK)! Raphael Pascual (QinetiQ! UK)! Paul Shanahan (GS Partnership! UK) 6. Modelling Human Factors in the Engagement Process David Dean (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) 7. The Heat of the Armoured Battle: Making the Decision to Fire Charles Kirke Part III - Tackling Fratricide 8. Preventing Air-to-Ground Fratricide Fin Monahan (RAF Leeming! UK) 9. US Combat Identification - Marching Away from Antietam? A Comprehensive Approach to Increase Combat Effectiveness and Reduce Fratricide Al Mosher (defense contractor! USA) 10. 'Judged by 12 or Carried by 6; the Soldier's Dilemma': The British Perspective on Combat Identification Andrew Gillespie (Fairway Consulting Services Ltd! UK) 11. Fratricide: a Skeptic's View Jorma Jormakka (Finnish National Defence University) Conclusion 12. So What? Where do we go Next? Charles Kirke BibliographyIndex ...
