Fratricide in Battle: (Un)Friendly Fire

ISBN-13: 9781441157003 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 288 str.

Charles Kirke

Opis

'Blue on Blue', 'Fratricide', 'Friendly Fire' is a persistent and unwelcome feature in war, and has been throughout the history of warfare. In the distractions and confusion of battle, it seems inevitable that on occasions military forces will go on attacking those whom they should not attack. There are three main themes in the book. The first explores the nature and common origins of fratricide, the second the part played by humans in fratricide incidents and the third looks ahead in addressing ways of tackling the problem. Each essay has been commissioned specifically for this work from an international group of experts in the field. Considered together the book provides a cohesive understanding of fratricide in its historical context and offers important lessons to future generations. One of the strong themes from these lessons is that fratricide is very largely a human issue, and therefore all attempts to reduce it must consider the human being at the heart of the system as a very high priority.

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Foreword General Lord Dannatt Acknowledgements Biographies of Contributing Authors Introduction 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 Bibliography Index