War, Chaos, and History

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
Chaos, Complexity, and Defense Analytics
On the Military Utility of Military History
The Fragility of Doctrine
Battle Cruisers, Tank Destroyers, Heavy Fighters: Doctrines Gone Astray
The Chaotic Sense of War
The Ordering Impulse
Matching Frequencies: Complexity and Creativity
Chaos Upon Chaos: The Environmental Impact of War
Considerations and Conclusions

Über den Autor / die Autorin

ROGER BEAUMONT has taught history at Texas A&M since 1974. He served two tours of active duty with the army as a military police officer. A cofounder and former North American editor of Defense Analysis, Beaumont was the first historian named as a Secretary of the Navy Fellow at the U.S. Naval Academy. The most recent of his 10 books and monographs is Joint Military Operations: A Short History (Greenwood, 1993).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Roger Beaumont
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 21.11.1994
• EAN: 9780275949495
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94949-5
• Seiten: 232
• Gewicht: 510 g
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; History, HISTORY / Military / General, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, Security Studies: Conflict