Nonlinear Science and Warfare - Chaos, Complexity and the U.s. Military in the Information Age

Informationen zum Autor Sean T. Lawson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, and has a PhD in Science and Technology Studies. Zusammenfassung This book examines the US military’s use of concepts from nonlinear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorise information-age warfare. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Enlistment of Nonlinear Science into U.S. Military Discourse: An Introduction 2. Science in the Western Military Tradition: Enlightenment to WWII 3. The Birth of Big Military Science: The Emergence of and Battle over the Systems Sciences 4. Doing Things the Same or Differently: Post-Vietnam Military Reform and the Emergence of an Information Age Theory of War 5. A Pudding with a Theme: The Enlistment of Nonlinear Science and the Emergence of Network-Centric Warfare 6. From Fourth-Generation Warfare to Global Insurgency: Complexity in the Wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom 7. After Action Report and Lessons Learned

Product details

• Authors: Sean T. Lawson, Sean T. (University of Utah Lawson, Lawson Sean T.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.01.2018
• EAN: 9781138497948
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49794-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Studies in Conflict, Security and Technology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Warfare & defence, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict