Synopsis
This study summarizes a wide-ranging investigation of combat operations, military theory, and command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I) that occurred during the author’s 1981-82 tour at the Airpower Research Institute (ARI) as a research associate sponsored by Air Force Systems Command (AFSC). In previous assignments, he had used his training in mathematics and computer science in formulating, implementing, and using computer models of pieces of the combat operations process. He had also been introduced to C3I systems and concepts during an extensive review of AFSC analysis efforts related to C3I. These experiences left him dissatisfied with the treatment of strategy and C3I in engagement modeling. Therefore, when AFSC asked for nominations for the ARI, he applied and suggested an investigation of the interrelation between C3I and strategy as a research topic.
About the Author
Bruce Allen Elleman was born in Columbus, Ohio; completed Sanderson High School, in Raleigh, N.C. (1977); received at the University of California, Berkeley a bachelor of arts degree (1982); completed at Columbia University the master of arts and Harriman Institute Certificate (1984), master of philosophy (1987), the East Asian Certificate (1988), and PhD (1993). In addition, he completed a master of sciences at the London School of Economics (1985) and a master of arts in national security and strategic studies (with distinction) at the U.S. Naval War College (2004). His publications include articles on the USSR’s and China’s secret diplomacy surrounding the Chinese Eastern Railway, Outer Mongolia, and the United Front policy, plus sixteen books which include: Naval Blockades and Seapower: Strategies and Counter-strategies, 1805–2005, with S. C. M. Paine (2006); Japanese-American Civilian Prisoner Exchanges and Detention Camps, 1941–45 (2006); Waves of Hope: The U.S. Navy’s Response to the Tsunami in Northern Indonesia, Newport Paper 28 (2007); Naval Coalition Warfare: From the Napoleonic War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, with S. C. M. Paine (2008); Moscow and the Emergence of Communist Power in China, 1925–30: The Nanchang Uprising and the Birth of the Red Army (2009); Modern China: Continuity and Change, 1644 to the Present, coauthored, with S. C. M. Paine (2010); Manchurian Railways and the Opening of China: An International History, with Stephen Kotkin (2010); Piracy and Maritime Crime: Historical and Modern Case Studies, Newport Paper 35, with Andrew Forbes and David Rosenberg (2010); Nineteen-Gun Salute: Case Studies of Operational, Strategic, and Diplomatic Naval Leadership during the 20th and Early 21st Centuries, with John B. Hattendorf (2010); Naval Power and Expeditionary Warfare: Peripheral Campaigns and New Theatres of Naval Warfare, with S. C. M. Paine (2011); and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Combat Systems Technology, 1949–2010, with James C. Bussert (2011). Bruce Elleman is married, has two children and lives in Rhode Island.
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