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Planning, Intelligence, and the Art of War : Research Methods to Support Military Operations.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fowler, Michael W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military intelligence.
- Military planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2026.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Frequently Used Acronyms
- About the Author
- PART I: THINKING LIKE A MILITARY OPERATIONAL ANALYST
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Military Intelligence and Planning
- A Conceptual Definition of Operational Intelligence
- Requirements for Operational Intelligence
- Studying Operational Intelligence
- The Structure of the Book
- What Is This Book Not?
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Intelligence: The Process at the Operational Level of War
- The Intelligence Process
- Planning
- Collection
- Processing
- Analysis
- Dissemination
- PCPAD in Action
- Challenges and Opportunities in Operational Intelligence
- Chapter 3: Framing Military Problems: Selecting an Analytical Scheme
- The Initial Frame: Bounding the Problem
- Framing Complex Problems
- Organizing the Analysis: Selecting a Scheme
- Chapter 4: Making the Analysis Customer-centric
- Analytic Insights and Pitfalls
- Political Decision Making
- Politics, Information, and Managing Relationships
- Socioeconomic
- Military
- Infrastructure
- Warning Problems
- Multilevel Warning
- PART II: OPERATIONAL FORECASTING
- Chapter 5: Developing Rough Courses of Action
- Forecasting
- A Deductive Framework for COAs
- Why: The Objectives
- Considering Relative Importance
- When: Catalysts for Action
- Internal Catalysts
- Dyadic Catalysts
- System Catalyst
- Creating Multiple COAs
- Chapter 6: Considering Security Partners
- Whose Job Is Partner Analysis?
- Partner Willingness
- Partner Appropriateness
- Partner Potential Contribution
- Location
- Diplomatic Influence
- Military Force Contributions
- Interoperability, Quality, and Skill
- Comparing Partners
- Improving Partners
- Conclusion.
- Chapter 7: Forecasting Detailed Courses of Action
- Estimating Adequacy
- Estimating Acceptable Risks
- Leveraging Evidence to Improve Viability
- Combining Sets of COAs
- PART III: DEVELOPING DETAILED OPERATIONAL COURSES OF ACTION
- Chapter 8: A Framework for Estimating Feasibility and Viability
- Step 1: Order of Battle Analysis
- Step 2: Military Capability Analysis
- Step 3: Identify Plausible COAs
- Step 4: Estimate Viable COAs
- Chapter 9: Information Warfare: Space, Cyber, and Information Operations Capabilities
- Gaining Information: ISR Capabilities
- Sharing Information: Communications Capabilities
- Information Influence Capabilities
- Counter-information Capabilities: Denial and Manipulation
- Estimating Feasibility and Viability
- Estimating Info War COAs
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Unconventional Forces
- Unconventional Units
- Direct Action Unit Capabilities
- Direct Action Feasibility and Viability
- Irregular Warfare Capabilities
- Organizing for Irregular Warfare
- Recruiting
- Training
- Guerrilla Warfare
- Irregular Warfare Feasibility and Viability
- Chapter 11: Area Denial Capabilities
- Strike Aircraft Capabilities
- Strike Aircraft Feasibility Analysis
- Estimating Combat Reach
- Forward Airfields
- Viable Targets
- Scale of Attacks
- Missions and Targets
- Stealth
- Missile Strike Capability
- Ground-launched Missile Feasibility Analysis
- Estimating Salvos
- Chapter 12: Anti-access Capabilities
- Ground-based Air Defense Capabilities
- Optimum Use
- Readiness
- Mobility
- Sea-based Air Defense
- Air-based Air Defense
- Estimating Viable Air Defense COAs
- Integrated and Layered Air Defense
- Updating the COA
- Chapter 13: Securing Sea Lanes
- Surface Warfare Capabilities.
- Subsurface Warfare Capabilities
- Maritime Transport Capabilities
- Peacetime Operations
- Estimating Maritime COAs
- Maritime Objectives
- Aligning Ends, Ways, and Means
- Estimating the Operational Area
- Extending the Operational Area
- Chapter 14: Seizing Territory and the Close Fight
- Firepower Capability
- Maneuver Capability
- Estimating Land Force COAs
- Maritime Transport
- Air Transport
- PART IV: DETECTION
- Chapter 15: Prioritized Intelligence Requirements: Indicators and Decisions
- Recognizing and Improving Bad PIRs
- Chapter 16: Collection Planning: What Is Knowable
- Matching Intelligence Requirements to ISR Capabilities
- Types of Collection
- HUMINT
- OSINT
- SIGINT
- GEOINT
- MASINT
- JTF Collection Planning
- Chapter 17: Conclusion: Synchronizing Intelligence and Planning
- Bibliography
- Web Resources
- Index
- EULA.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781394356881
- 1394356889
- 9781394356867
- 1394356862
- 9781394356874
- 1394356870
- Publisher Number:
- 40033235893
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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