TY - BOOK AU - POTTS David (Ed.) TI - The big issue: command and combat in the information age (a view from Upavon) SN - 1874346372 (pbk.) PY - 2002/// CY - Swindon, UK PB - Strategic and Combat Studies Institute KW - BRITAIN KW - ARMY KW - COMMAND AND CONTROL KW - FUTURE WARFARE KW - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY N2 - Collection of papers by British Army senior officers all of which deal with aspects of conflict in the information age. This is said to be characterised by new thinking, new concepts, new doctrine, new tactics, and new organisations, fired by committed leadership and enabled by state of the art information age technology. The papers are arranged in three broad sections: philosophical issues, possibilities and challenges, and a prognosis for the future ER -