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Non-linear science and warfare : chaos, complexity and the US military in the information age / Sean T. Lawson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawson, Sean T., 1977-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in conflict, security and technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military art and science--United States--History--20th century.
- Military art and science.
- History.
- United States.
- Military art and science--United States--History--21st century.
- Military art and science--Philosophy.
- Chaotic behavior in systems.
- Complexity (Philosophy).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 193 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Chaos, complexity and the US military in the information age
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, [2014]
- Summary:
- "This book examines the United States military's use of concepts from non-linear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorize information-age warfare. Over the past three decades, the U.S. defense community has shown an increasing interest in learning lessons from the non-linear sciences. Theories, strategies, and doctrines of warfare that have guided the conduct of U.S. forces in recent conflicts have been substantially influenced by ideas borrowed from non-linear science, including maneuvre warfare, network-centric warfare, and counterinsurgency."--Half-title.
- Contents:
- The enlistment of nonlinear science into U.S. military discourse: an introduction
- Science in the western military tradition: enlightenment to WWII
- The birth of big military science: the emergence of and battle over the systems sciences
- Doing things the same or differently: post-Vietnam military reform and the emergence of an information age theory of war
- A pudding with a theme: the enlistment of nonlinear science and the emergence of network-centric warfare
- From fourth-generation warfare to global insurgency: complexity in the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom
- After action report and lessons learned.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415836852
- 0415836859
- OCLC:
- 847246379
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